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Intended for the general reader as well as students and teachers of Scottish history, this sweeping 1920 history traces the growth of Scotland from the eighteenth century and James Watts’s steam engine, through its rise as an industrial power and into the twentieth century. The author’s panoramic view takes in social conditions, education and culture, religious life, art, and more.

British engineers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries constructed awe-inspiring public works, many used and appreciated to this day as much for the elegance of their design as for their function. Here, Samuel Smiles lauds the men—such as John Metcalf, Telford, and George Stephens—behind these...

Miniature works of art, bookplates have long beguiled collectors and book lovers. Author W. G. Bowdoin’s history discusses the rise of bookplates from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century and includes 212 reproductions of notable plates. Also included is a list of popular engravers and designers.

Published posthumously in 1887, the Civil War general tells the story of his controversial service. Drawing on private correspondence with his wife and others, McClellan guides us through the causes of the war, including his engagements at Yorktown, Richmond, Antietam, and across the Potomac. He offers candid assessments of his military and political allies and opponents.

The author of a full-length biography of Robert E. Lee here portrays other men who challenged the Union. Coming under Bradford’s penetrating eye are J. E. B. Stuart, Joseph E. Johnston, James Longstreet, P.G.T. Beauregard , Judah Benjamin, and others. A dramatic recounting of the Battle of Gettysburg rounds out this collection of profiles from 1912-1914.

Praised by the New York Times for “its luminous argument and faultless logic,” Life Everlasting is the fourth and final volume in a series of philosophic studies by philosopher John Fiske. Here he considers mankind’s belief in his own immortality in light of the theory of evolution.  

Historian and philosopher John Fiske tried to reconcile orthodox religious beliefs with Darwin’s science, both on the lecture platform and in his collections of essays. Excursions of an Evolutionist is one such collection, eloquently written and containing such chapters as, “Europe Before the Arrival...

In this 1884 book, the author, an early popularizer of Darwin’s theories, takes on nothing less than the origin of humanity, its destiny, and its place in the universe. He argues that civilization and governments have replaced biological evolution as the main forces for change.

This 1885 work examines the theory of evolution’s impact on religion. The author believes there is no conflict between science and religion, and that social conditions trump natural selection. Influenced by the ideas of Herbert Spencer, Fiske’s writings were praised by Darwin.

The author’s writings on the philosophical implications of evolution, praised by Charles Darwin himself, were also influenced by Herbert Spencer. This 1897 collection, which the London Academy said “may be not unfairly designated the most important contribution yet made by America to philosophical literature,” includes fifteen brilliant essays.

The third volume in Fiske’s acclaimed series of studies in religious philosophy, Through Nature to God, continues his typical lucidity of expression and advocacy of the theory of evolution. Here, he argues that an analysis of Nature and Nature’s way yields God.

Part of the Great Commanders Series, Bradley T. Johnson’s biography of George Washington is an examination of Washington as a military man and an invaluable resource for anyone passionate about American history. Johnson, a general himself during the Civil War, examines Washington with the insightfulness of a fellow soldier and military strategist.

This 1892 biography, part of the Great Commanders Series, traces the life of the renowned American general—known affectionately to his troops as "Old Rough and Ready"—and twelfth president.  A contemporary review in the Nation called the book "a welcome addition to the military history of the country."

The author chanced to possess private papers connected to some of the most fascinating British personages of the last half of the eighteenth century. We are the richer for his memorable 1908 portraits of Dr. Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Oliver Goldsmith, Fanny Burney, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and many others.