History Books
South-West Africa
William EveleighIt is impossible in a small book to deal more than briefly with the subject, and very slight treatment has had to suffice for many matters of interest. I hope, however, that I have succeeded in convey..
Illustrated history of ancient literature, oriental and classical
John D. QuackenbosThe present volume has grown out of the author’s experience in the lecture-room; and in the belief that it is of a scope and grade that will meet the popular want, he now offers it to high-schools, ac..
First Theater in America
Charles P. DalyDunlap, the historian of the American Stage, informs us that the drama was introduced in this country by William Hallam, the successor of Garrick in Goodman’s Field Theatre, who formed a joint stock c..
The Discoveries of America to the Year 1525
Arthur James WeiseThe discovery of the continent and the subsequent explorations of the Spaniards not only confuted the fallacious arguments of the learned men of the middle ages but confirmed the statements of the Egy..
Sussex, Painted by Wilfrid Ball
Hilaire BellocSussex was created from the sea. Its inhabitants and its invaders at all periods, save perhaps in the height of the Roman prosperity, and again during the last hundred and fifty years, have had a diff..