History - Modern - 19th Century

The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 JOHN GODFREY SAXE. GLASS OF BOHEMIA. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS TO-DAY. PHILIP PENDLETON COOKE. DR. HUNTINGTON ON COPYRIGHT. "THE SCIENCE OF DECEPTION." ARTS AMONG THE AZTECS AND INDIANS. ORIGINAL POEMS BY BARRY CORNWALL AND W. C....

The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF THE NEW-YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY AT ROCHESTER. WILLIAM ROSS WALLACE. AMERICA AS ABUSED BY A GERMAN. REMINISCENCES OF THE LATE MR. COOPER.HIS LAST DAYS. THE LONDON TIMES ON AMERICAN INTERCOMMUNICATION....

The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 THE AZTECS AT THE SOCIETY LIBRARY. A DAY AT CHATSWORTH. MEN AND WOMEN OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A MODEL TRAVELLER. A MYSTERIOUS HISTORY. EDWARD EVERETT AND DANIEL WEBSTER. ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. THE HAPPINESS OF OYSTERS....

The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS, LL.D. THE PALACES OF TRADE. HERMAN HOOKER, D.D. SUNSET. NEW-YORK SOCIETY, BY THE LAST ENGLISH TRAVELLER. EMILIE DE COIGNY. A LEGEND. CAGLIOSTRO, THE MAGICIAN. BITTER WORDS. THE MURDER OF LATOUR. SOME SMALL...

The untold story of the nineteenth-century novelist who outearned Jane Austen and wove provocative theories into her fiction--changing economics forever "Smialek, with the analytical rigor and narrative drive that made her one of the finest economics journalists of her generation, has rescued Maria Edgeworth...

The Lady and Her Monsters by Roseanne Motillo brings to life the fascinating times, startling science, and real-life horrors behind Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein.Montillo recounts how--at the intersection of the Romantic Age and the Industrial Revolution--Shelley's Victor Frankenstein was inspired by actual scientists...

On a summer day in 1828, Book of Mormon scribe and witness Martin Harris was emptying drawers, upending furniture, and ripping apart mattresses as he desperately looked for a stack of papers he had sworn to God to protect. Those pages containing the only...

The Story of Helena Blavatsky's Invention of Primeval ReligionHelena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891), the "grandmother of the New Age," not only inspired artists such as Kandinsky, Klee, Mondriaan, Scriabin, Mahler, Sibelius, T. S. Eliot and Kahlil Gibran but also founders of spiritual movements such as...

The premier of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna on May 7, 1824, was the most significant artistic event of the year--and the work remains one of the most precedent-shattering and influential compositions in the history of music. Described in vibrant detail by eminent musicologist...

The Progress of the CenturyBY ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE; PROF. WILLIAM RAMSAY; PROF. WILLIAM MATTHEW FLINDERS-PETRIE; SIR JOSEPH NORMAN LOCKYER; EDWARD CAIRD; WILLIAM OSLER; W.W. KEEN; PROF. ELIHU THOMSON; PRESIDENT THOMAS CORWIN MENDENHALL; SIR CHARLES WENTWORTH DILKE; CAPTAIN ALFRED T. MAHAN; ANDREW LANG; THOMAS C....

An Economist Best Book of the Year "Sweeping . . . an ambitious synthesis . . . [Evans] writes with admirable narrative power and possesses a wonderful eye for local color . . . Fascinating."--Stephen Schuker, The Wall Street JournalFrom the bestselling author of...

The racers--an Italian prince and his chauffeur, a French racing driver, a con man, and several rival journalists--battle over steep inclines, through narrow mountain passages, and across the arid Gobi Desert. Competitors endure torrential rain and choking dust. There are barely any roads, and...

The Sewards of New York shines a light on one of the most important and fascinating political families of the nineteenth century. Through recently discovered family correspondence, Thomas P. Slaughter unveils the inner lives of the Seward family, tracing their joys and sorrows as...

Embark on a profound journey through the veiled pathways of hope and resilience with The Underground Railroad.This book pierces the shroud of myths surrounding one of history's most clandestine escapes to freedom. Uncover the true stories of courage that fueled the Underground Railroad.Navigate through...

Reading Thoreau as a scientist for modern times Henry David Thoreau's Walden stands as the foundational text for the environmental movement and as a model for the practice of nature writing. In The Walden Experiments, Robert Thorson tells the story of how, after several...

A comprehensive intellectual history of the idea of the West How did "the West" come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? When did "Westerners" begin to refer to themselves in this way? Was the idea handed down from...

What Were Pioneer Days Really Like in the U.P.?The combination of mining, maritime and lumbering history created a culture in the U.P. that is unique to the Midwest. Discover true stories of the rough and dangerous times of the Upper Peninsula frontier that are...

Have you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era? Ladies, welcome to the 19th century, where there's arsenic in your face cream, a pot of cold pee sits under your bed, and all of your underwear is crotchless. (Why? Shush,...

Part cultural history, part biography, this is the fascinating story of Richard Wagner's life, influences, gift for storytelling, and artistic revolution, culminating in his dramatic journey to write The Ring Cycle. The Ring Cycle is one of the most epic and compelling operas of...

Wars & Treaties, 1815 to 1914A growing number of people are devoting their attention to a closer study of foreign affairs. Many of them may not have the opportunity to read the larger volumes of histories; and, indeed, even if they had, they would...