Charles Horne: 19 books

Charles Horne wrote this essay about the Nestorian Tablet, a 10 foot tall medieval Christian relic in China that shows Christianity flourished in medieval China. Carven dragons and a cross adorn its summit, and its main shaft is completely covered with some two thousand Chinese characters. It stands...

Constantinople, the Turkish capital, the mysterious, ancient, ever-flourishing city, sacred alike to Christian and Mahometan, stands in its wondrous beauty upon European shores; yet Turkey is an Asiatic State. Her story belongs to Asia, the world of dreamy fancy and lurid legend, not of sober fact...

Far back among the shadows of prehistoric times, a horde of Celts swarmed over the Pyrenees into this land of the Iberians, encountering possibly a still earlier race, whose descendants of to-day are the Basques. The Celts swerved to the west and settled in what now is Portugal and Gallicia. In civilization...

This classic Buddhist verse scripture on the subject of virtue was traditionally attributed to the Buddha himself. Chapters include: “The Earliest Suttas,” “The Earliest Account of Buddha’s life,” and “The Dhammapada or Path of the Law.”

Far back among the shadows of prehistoric times, a horde of Celts swarmed over the Pyrenees into this land of the Iberians, encountering possibly a still earlier race, whose descendants of to-day are the Basques. The Celts swerved to the west and settled in what now is Portugal and Gallicia. In civilization...

Far back among the shadows of prehistoric times, a horde of Celts swarmed over the Pyrenees into this land of the Iberians, encountering possibly a still earlier race, whose descendants of to-day are the Basques. The Celts swerved to the west and settled in what now is Portugal and Gallicia. In civilization...

An Outline Narrative of the Great Events CHARLES F. HORNE Origin and Progress of Printing (A.D. 1438) HENRY GEORGE BOHN John Hunyady Repulses the Turks (A.D. 1440-1456) ARMINIUS VAMBERY Rebuilding of Rome by Nicholas V, the Builder-pope (A.D. 1447-1455) MRS. MARGARET OLIPHANT Mahomet II Takes Constantinople...

An Outline Narrative of the Great Events CHARLES F. HORNE

Worlds of If was a three time winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction magazine. Worlds of If discovered many talented writers who would go on to dominate genre fiction. This is the third in our Worlds of If series with even more memorable stories from its tremendous run. ‘The Yillian Way’...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN...

An Outline Narrative of the Great Events CHARLES F. HORNE The United States House of Governors (A.D. 1910) WILLIAM S. JORDAN THE GOVERNORS Union of South Africa (A.D. 1910) PROF. STEPHEN LEACOCK Portugal Becomes a Republic (A.D. 1910) WILLIAM ARCHER The Crushing of Finland (A.D. 1910) JOHN JACKOL BARON SERGIUS WITTE BARON VON PLEHVE J.H. REUTER Man's Fastest Mile (A.D. 1911)

On April 9, 1909, Commander Robert Peary became the first person to reach the North Pole. As immense as his achievement was, it can only be appreciated by studying it as the climax of an enormous struggle, extending over centuries, for the mastery of the Arctic. Here, edited and condensed with modern readers in mind, is Professor Charles F. Hornes classic account of the quest for the North.

Surrender of Marshal Tallard at the Battle of Blenheim, Painting by R. Caton Woodville. The Duke of Monmouth humiliates himself before King James II, Painting by J. Pettie, A.R.A. Charles XII carried on a litter during the Battle of Poltava, Painting by W. Hauschild. %AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE%

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