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A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer InfantryIn this sketch of the military career of the 9th Ill. Vol. Inft., my object has been, to present the facts connected with its organization, and its connection with the various battle-scenes through which it has...

A History of the Old English Letter Foundries - with Notes, Historical and Bibliographical, on the Rise and Progress of English Typography. N this age of progress, when the fine arts are rapidly becoming trades, and the machine is on every side superseding that...

A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809 - From the Treaty of Fontainbleau to the Battle of CorunnaIt is many years since an attempt has been made in England to deal with the general history of the Peninsular War. Several interesting and...

A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 2, Jan.-Sep. 1809 - From the Battle of Corunna to the End of the Talavera CampaignThe second volume of this work has swelled to an even greater bulk than its predecessor. Its size must be attributed to...

A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 3, Sep. 1809-Dec. 1810 - Ocaña, Cadiz, Bussaco, Torres VedrasThis, the third volume of the History of the Peninsular War, covers a longer period than either of its predecessors, extending over the sixteen months from Wellingtons arrival...

A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 4, Dec. 1810-Dec. 1811 - Massena's Retreat, Fuentes de Oñoro, Albuera, TarragonaIn this volume are contained the annals of all the many campaigns of 1811, with the exception of those of Suchets Valencian expedition in the later...

A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 5, Oct. 1811-Aug. 31, 1812 - Valencia, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, MadridIn this volume Wellingtons campaigning in 1812 is followed no further than the day (August 31st) on which he set out from Madrid to drive back...

A History of the PhilippinesThis book has been prepared at the suggestion of the educational authorities for pupils in the public high schools of the Philippines, as an introduction to the history of their country. Its preparation occupied about two years, while the author...

From ancient Malay settlements to Spanish colonization, the American occupation and beyond, A History of the Philippines recasts various Philippine narratives with an eye for the layers of colonial and postcolonial history that have created this diverse and fascinating population. A History of the...

The first international history of railroads and railroad infrastructure told through stunningly reproduced maps. Since their origins in eighteenth-century England, railroads have spread across the globe, changing everything in their path, from where and how people grew and made things to where and how...

A History of the Reformation (Vol. 1 of 2)This History of the Reformation has been written with the intention of describing a great religious movement amid its social environment. The times were heroic, and produced great men, with striking individualities not easily weighed in...

A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2)In this volume I have endeavoured to fulfil the promise made in the former one to describe the Reformed Churches, the Anabaptist and Socinian movements and the Counter-Reformation in the sixteenth century. It has been based...

A History of the Republican PartyEarly in February, 1900, the writer delivered an address before the Stamina Republican League of Cincinnati on "The Origin and Rise of the Republican Party." The interest in the subject shown by the audience and the many words of...

A History of the Second Division Naval Militia Connecticut National GuardThat the Naval Division is worthy of a history in enduring form is undeniable: that it is worthy of a historian of more philosophy and patience is also undeniable. But if the principle is...

A History of the Third French Republic I. The Antecedents of the Franco-Prussian War. 1 II. The Franco-Prussian WarThe Government Of National Defence (September, 1870, to February, 1871). 11 III. The Administration of Adolphe Thiers (February, 1871, to May, 1873). 31 IV. The Administration...

A History of the Town of FairfaxWhen man reaches out into space to explore a new planet, his adventure will be comparable in many ways to that of the colonists who braved the space of water in the early seventeenth century to establish their...

A History of the Trial of Castner Hanway and Others, for Treason, at Philadelphia in November, 1851 - With an Introduction upon the History of the Slave QuestionThe following pages contain a short history of the late Christiana Treason Trials. During their progress a...

A History of the Trials and Hardships of the Twenty-Fourth Indiana Volunteer InfantryThis history is based on my pocket memorandum which I kept during the late Civil War, 1861-1865. Richard J. Fulfer. General Fremont. U. S. Grant. N. P. Banks. E. S. Canby. W....

A History of the United StatesI have taken advantage of a very brief respite from other, and in my judgment more valuable, employment, to produce this short sketch of the story of a great people, now our Ally. My motive has been mainly that...

A History of the United StatesThe lamented death of President Adams entails on me the duty of writing the preface to our joint work,a duty which, had he lived, would naturally have fallen to him, since to his initiative and energy the volume owes...