title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
The Virginians | Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 | en | | | | Inheritance and succession -- Fiction; Americans -- England -- Fiction; Brothers -- Fiction; Twins -- Fiction; United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 -- Fiction; Great Britain -- History -- George II, 1727-1760 -- Fiction; Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction; Historical fiction; Domestic fiction | 2005-05-01 |
The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 | Virginia. History, Government, and Geography Service | en | | | | Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Study and teaching (Secondary) | 2009-09-22 |
Notes of a War Correspondent | Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 | en | | The Cuban-Spanish war -- The Greek-Turkish war -- The Spanish-American war -- The South African war -- The Japanese-Russian war -- A war correspondent's kit | Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909 [Illustrator] | Military history, Modern; Spanish-American War, 1898; South African War, 1899-1902; Greco-Turkish War, 1897; Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1895-1898 | 2002-01-01 |
The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775
With Numerous Illustrative Notes | Tomlinson, Abraham | en | | | | Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775; Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775; United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 -- Personal narratives; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives | 2007-02-21 |
Hortense
Makers of History Series | Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), 1805-1877 | en | | | | Biography; Hortense, Queen, consort of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, 1783-1837; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799; France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815; France -- History -- Restoration, 1814-1830; France -- History -- Louis Philip, 1830-1848 | 2008-02-20 |
Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | The loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton -- On the decay of the art of lying -- About magnanimous-incident literature -- The grateful poodle -- The benevolent author -- The grateful husband -- Punch, brothers, punch -- The great revolution in Pitcairn -- The canvasser's tale -- An encounter with an interviewer -- Paris notes -- Legend of Sagenfeld, in Germany -- Speech on the babies -- Speech on the weather -- Concerning the American language -- Rogers. | | Short stories; Essays | 2004-09-16 |
A Tale of Two Cities | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 | en | | | | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction; British -- France -- Paris -- Fiction; French -- England -- London -- Fiction; Executions and executioners -- Fiction; Lookalikes -- Fiction; Paris (France) -- History -- 1789-1799 -- Fiction; London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction; Historical fiction | 1994-01-01 |
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2.
From 1620-1816 | Ryerson, Egerton, 1803-1882 | en | | | | United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775; American loyalists; Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- To 1775; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; United States -- History -- War of 1812; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 | 2007-04-08 |
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2
From 1620-1816 | Ryerson, Egerton, 1803-1882 | en | | | | United States -- History -- War of 1812; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; American loyalists; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783; United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775; Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- To 1775 | 2008-02-20 |
George Washington | Courtenay, Calista McCabe | en | | | | Washington, George, 1732-1799; Presidents -- United States -- Biography; Generals -- United States -- Biography; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns | 2007-06-29 |
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III | | en | | Excerpts from Boswell's "Life of Johnson"
A Poet Defined, from the Preface to "Lyrical Ballads" by Wordsworth
The Arrival of the Master of Ravenswood, from "The Bride of Lammermoor" by Scott
The Death of Meg Merriles, from "Guy Mannering" by Scott
A Vision of Rob Roy, from "Rob Roy" by Scott
Queen Elizabeth and Amy Robsart at Kenilworth, from "Kenilworth" by Scott
The Illness and Death of Lady Scott, from Scott's "Journal"
Does Fortune Favor Fools?, from "A Sailor's Fortune" by Coleridge
The Destiny of the United States, from the "Table Talk" by Coleridge
Nelson's Death at Trafalgar, from the "Life of Nelson" by Southey
The Death of Hofer, by Landor
Napoleon and Pericles, by Landor
Dream Children—A Reverie; Poor Relations; The Origin of Roast Pig; That We Should Rise with the Lark, from the "Essays of Elia" by Lamb
Hamlet, from the "Characters of Shakespeare's Plays" by Hazlitt
Dreams of an Opium-Eater, from the "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" by de Quincey
Joan of Arc, from the "Biographical and Historical Essays" by de Quincey
Charles Lamb, from the "Literary Reminiscences" by de Quincey
Of His Mother's Treatment of Him, letter by Lord Byron
To His Wife after the Separation, letter by Lord Byron
To Sir Walter Scott, letter by Lord Byron
Of Art and Nature as Poetical Subjects, from the "Reply to Bowles" by Lord Byron
In Defense of Poetry, by Shelley
The Baths of Caracalla, from letter by Shelley
The ruins of Pompeii, from letter by Shelley
The Mutilation of the Hermæ; If Alexander Had Lived, from the "History of Greece" by Grote
Charlotte Corday, from the "History of the French Revolution" by Carlyle
The Blessedness of Work, from "Past and Present" by Carlyle
Cromwell, from "Heroes and Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History" by Carlyle
In Praise of Those Who Toil, from "Sart | | | 2007-07-30 |