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History
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Botsford, George Willis, & Botsford, Mrs L. M. (Shaw). 930 B64S
Source-book of ancient history. 1912. Macmillan.
Contains bibliographies.
Includes oriental sources in addition to Greek and Roman. The extracts cover a
wide range, including inscriptions, classical poetry, passages from the Bible, creeds and
bits of philosophy.
Eur op e—His to ry
Baker, B. Granville. 949-6 B17
Passing of the Turkish empire in Europe. 1913. Lippincott.
A mingling of historical fact and personal observation.
Dewe, Juhl Adalbert. 940 D51
Medieval and modern history; its formative causes and broad movements.
1907. Hinds.
"General reference" at the end of many of the chapters.
Intended for use as a text-book. Places stress on the economic, social and religious
causes of historical events and on the inter-action of church and state.
Henderson, Ernest Flagg. 944-04 H44
Symbol and satire in the French revolution. 1912. Putnam.
"Curious and instructive collection of Revolutionary prints and caricatures, to the
number of 171, with an historical commentary drawn largely from State papers, journals,
and memoirs. The pictures reflect more or less faithfully the prevailing sentiments
of Paris in the chief episodes of the Revolution, from the meeting of the States General
to the fall of Robespierre. . .Many of the prints are scarce, and were well worth collecting
and reproducing." Athenceum, 1913.
Loti, Pierre, (pseud, of Julien Viaud). 949-6 L91
Turquie agonisante. 1913.
Letters written in fervid defense of the Turks during the Turco-Italian war of 1911-
12 and the war with the Balkan states, 1912-13.
Sedgwick, Henry Dwight. 945 S44i
Italy in the 13th century [a short history of politics, religion, literature
and art in the times of Innocent III, St. Francis, Niccola Pisano,
Giotto and Dante]. 2v. 1912. Houghton.
"Bibliography," v.2, p.365-378.
He undertakes to describe not merely the political evolution, but the ecclesiastical
polity, the theological dogmas, the manners and customs, the architecture, sculpture,
painting and poetry, and even the Latin literature of the century. His work is not as
good for its epoch as Symonds is for the renaissance, but it is the best in its field in
English; popular, but not shallow. Condensed from Nation, 1913.
Wilson, Philip. 941-5 W77
Beginnings of modern Ireland. 1912. Maunsel.
"Fair and judicial statement of the facts of the English re-conquest of Ireland."
Athenceum, 1912.
Other countries—History
Garcia Calderon, Francisco. 980 G17
Latin America; its rise and progress, with a preface by Raymond
Poincare; tr. by Bernard Miall. [1913.] Unwin. (South American
series.)
"This unique and striking work, written by a young Peruvian diplomatist, is at once