Portrays a mid-Victorian family, their confrontations with calamity, and their development of Christian goodness.

A series of short stories set in San Francisco's Chinatown, some of which involve crime.

1856 account of Miriam Davis Colt's expedition from New York to Kansas, including the origins of the Vegetarian Settlement Company.

In this volume, Featherstonhaugh inveighs against fraudulent land speculators, slavery, the treatment of the Cherokee, and the bad manners of fellow travelers.

Presents some of the author's notes during his adventures and travels in Africa in early 18th century.

Narrative of observation and travel in ... Chile, Peru, the Argentine, Paraguay, and Uruguay." -- pref.

Beskrivelse af den nordiske syvårskrig 1563-1570 herunder årsagerne til krigen, oversigter over Danmarks, Norges og Sveriges militære styrker (hær, flåde og fæstninger) og udrustning samt en gennemgang af felttogene 1563-70.

Temple describes his travels to Algiers and Tunisia prior to 1834, limited only by his inability to visit areas under French military occupation.

Diesen Mangel rügte ich bereits im ersten Bande meines Achmimwerkes und gab damals der Hoffnung Ausdruck (1891, R. Forrer, Die Gräben und Textilfunde von Achmim-Panopolis), dass es mir vergönnt sein werde, später einmal den Fundort ...

Narrative extends only to the close of 1828, having been left incomplete at the death of the author. -- cf. Advertencia al lector, 1 leaf at end.