Abraham Lincoln raved that this series of historical biographies gave him "just that knowledge of past men and events which I need. I have read them with ...

Still often used today, German schoolmaster and philologist ALEXANDER SCHMIDT's (1816-1887) Shakespeare Lexicon is the source for elucidating the sometimes ...

“‘Peter Stuyvesant’ leads us to the Hudson, from the time when its majestic waters were disturbed only by the arrowy flight of the birch ...

As a psychologist and an innovator of experimental psychology, Hugo Münsterberg was a powerful influence on thinking in both the medical and social ...

In those days agriculture, trade, and manufacturing were diversions during the summer months; but the regular business of life was warfare with the Danes ...

"War is not merely a political act, but also a real political instrument, a continuation of political commerce, a carrying out of the same by other ...

This classic survey of one of the most dramatic eras in American history is most notable, perhaps, for the insight it offers into the mindset of the era ...

Abraham Lincoln raved that this series of historical biographies gave him "just that knowledge of past men and events which I need. I have read them with ...

We cannot leave Halifax without remarking that it is a city of great private virtue, and that its banks are sound. The appearance of its paper money is ...

In the building of character and individuality, the memory plays an important part, for upon the strength of the impressions received, and the firmness ...