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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3It is an encouraging sign of advancing culture that history is gaining a deeper and broader meaning. We are really becoming interested, not merely in our political, but also in our entire biological, psychological, and social...

A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3[Bibliographical Note XI.For divorce among the Athenians Meier and Schmann's Der attische Process (Berlin, 1883-87) is important. Assistance has also been given by Hruza, Ehebegrndung nach att. Rechte (Leipzig, 1892); idem, Polygamie und Pellikat (Leipzig, 1894);...

A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3[Bibliographical Note XVII.The session laws and compilations used in the preparation of this chapter are the same as those mentioned in Bibliographical Note XVI; and they are listed in the Bibliographical Index, V. The entire body...

A History of Mediaeval Jewish PhilosophyThe philosophical movement in medival Jewry was the result of[xiii] the desire and the necessity, felt by the leaders of Jewish thought, of reconciling two apparently independent sources of truth. In the middle ages, among Jews as well as...

A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878In writing this volume I have not had the advantage of consulting the English Foreign Office Records for a later period than the end of 1815. A rule not found necessary at Berlin and some other foreign capitals still...

A History of MourningA list of the changes made can be found at the end of the book. In the text, the corrections are underlined by a red dotted line "like this". Hover the cursor over the underlined text and an explanation of the...

A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895)In the execution of the present task (which I took over about two years ago from hands worthier than mine, but then more occupied) some difficulties of necessity occurred which did not present themselves to myself when I...

A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 1 of 3The class of Birds (Aves), as represented in the present age of the world, is composed of very many species, closely related among themselves and distinguished by numerous characters common to all. For...

A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 (oe ligature) (letters with macron, breve or umlaut) (Greek beta, gamma and delta) (degrees latitude and longitude) (male and female symbols) If any of these characters do not display properlyin particular, if...

A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3The group of birds usually known as the Raptores, or Rapacious Birds, embraces three well-marked divisions, namely, the Owls, the Hawks, and the Vultures. In former classifications they headed the Class of Birds,...

A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States - From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848In this volume I shall aim to give an account of the Norwegian immigration movement from 1825 down to 1848. Thereupon will follow a brief survey...

A History of Nursery RhymesWithout advancing any theory touching the progression of the mother's song to her babe, other than declaring lullabies to be about as old as babies, a statement which recalls to mind an old story, entitled "The Owl's Advice to an...

A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 - Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic InformationThe reader will observe that when we commenced furnishing the historical articles for the Marine Gazette, we did not know that they would be of sufficient interest to justify arranging them in...

A History of Pantomime One of the most important factors in the making of Theatrical History has been that of Pantomime, yet in many of the published works dealing with the History of the Stage it has, with the exception of a passing reference...

A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days - Showing the State of Political Parties and Party Warfare at the Hustings and in the House of Commons from the Stuarts to Queen VictoriaApart from political parties, we are all concerned in...

A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 - His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy If this kind of composition, of which the two years' product is now laid before the public, fail in art, as it constantly does and must, it...

A History of Philosophy in EpitomeSchweglers History of Philosophy originally appeared in the Neue Encyklopdie fr Wissenschaften und Knste. Its great value soon awakened a call for its separate issue, in which form it has attained a very wide circulation in Germany. It is...

A History of Police in EnglandA title of convenient length, but one which shall exactly fit the subject-matter in hand, is a desideratum that seldom lies within an author's reach. The title selected for this book is open to the objection that, though consisting...

A history of postal agitation from fifty years ago till the present dayThe long continuance of agitation and disaffection in the postal service would seem almost to entitle the public to the belief that the Post-Office is a place where the Englishmans privilege, which...

A History of Roman Classical Literature.The history of Roman Classical Literature, although it comprehends the names of many illustrious writers and many voluminous works, is, chronologically speaking, contained within narrow limits. Dating from its earliest infancy, until the epoch when it ceased to deserve...