Три века. Россия от смуты до нашего времени
The six-volume historical compliation Three Centuries: Russia from Trouble to Our Time, edited by the prominent Russian historian Vasily V. Kallash, constitutes a fundamental scholarly work devoted to the history of Russia from the Time of Troubles to the early twentieth century. It presents a broad panorama of key events…
Les dernières aventures de Bois-Rosé[ Gabriel Ferry :: 1899 ]
The novel Les dernières aventures de Bois-Rosé (“The Last Adventures of Bois-Rosé”) by the French writer Gabriel Ferry is a compelling work of nineteenth-century adventure literature, devoted to the world of pioneers and hunters in North America. The edition was published in Paris in 1899 in the French language. The…
Sager och berättelser[ Hans Christian Andersen :: 1906 ]
The collection Sager och berättelser (“Fairy Tales and Stories”) by the distinguished Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen represents one of the most significant phenomena in both world children’s literature and classical literary heritage. Published in Stockholm in 1906 in the Swedish language, the volume comprises selected works by the author,…
Histoires instructives[ Paul Gsell ]
The collection Histoires instructives (Instructive Tales), also known under the alternative title Nouvelles scientifiques (Scientific Novellas), by the French author Paul Gsell represents a work of popular science literature intended for a broad readership. The book was published in Paris in the late nineteenth century in the French language. The…
Julian Home: A Tale of College Life[ Frederic William Farrar :: 1899 ]
The novel Julian Home: A Tale of College Life by the renowned English writer, theologian, and educator Frederic William Farrar offers a vivid and profound literary interpretation of student life in nineteenth-century England. The book was published in London in 1899 in the English language. The work presents readers with…
Histoire de la musique[ Henri Lavoix ]
The book “Histoire de la musique” (History of Music), a Parisian edition of the late nineteenth century published in the French language, is a fundamental popular-scientific work devoted to the centuries-long development of musical art—from the earliest civilizations to the Romantic era. The book was written by the distinguished French…
Kampf um den Nordpol[ Richard Andree :: 1883 ]
The book “Kampf um den Nordpol” (The Struggle for the North Pole) by the renowned German geographer and publicist Richard Andree was published in 1883 in Bielefeld and Leipzig in the German language. It is a compelling historical work devoted to the dramatic era of polar exploration in the second…
Album livländischer Ansichten[ 1856 ]
The book “Album livländischer Ansichten” (Album of Views of Livonia) was published in 1856 in the Latvian city of Mitau (present-day Jelgava) in the German language. This is a refined nineteenth-century artistic and documentary album compiled by the Baltic German artist and publisher Wilhelm Siegfried Stavenhagen and devoted to the…
Poems[ William Wordsworth ]
Presented here is the book “Poems” by William Wordsworth, published at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the English language. This is a carefully prepared selection of poems by the outstanding English Romantic poet, compiled and introduced by the renowned literary scholar Andrew James Symington. The volume…
Deutsche Literaturgeschichte[ Robert Koenig :: 1889 ]
The book “Deutsche Literaturgeschichte” (History of German Literature), published in 1889 in Bielefeld and Leipzig in the German language, is a fundamental scholarly work on the history of German literature of the late nineteenth century, authored by the distinguished German literary historian Robert König. This edition offers a profound and…