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A Dictionary of Botanical Terms by John Stevens Henslow
Category: Home and Garden | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture Ser.
John Stevens Henslow (1796-1861) was a botanist and geologist. As teacher, mentor and friend to Charles Darwin, it was his introduction that secured for Darwin the post of naturalist on the voyage of the Beagle. While Professor of Botany, Henslow established the Cambridge University Botanic Garden as a ...Show more
A History of the Colony of Victoria - A. D. 1797-1854 by Henry Gyles Turner
Category: History | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania Ser.
The first attempt by Europeans to settle in the area that eventually became the state of Victoria, Australia, was led by Colonel David Collins in 1803. Melbourne was founded in 1835, and after the discovery of gold in 1851 became the financial centre of Australia. This authoritative two-volume history o ...Show more
A History of the Colony of Victoria - A. D. 1854-1900 by Henry Gyles Turner
Category: History | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania Ser.
The first attempt by Europeans to settle in the area that eventually became the state of Victoria, Australia, was led by Colonel David Collins in 1803. Melbourne was founded in 1835, and after the discovery of gold in 1851 became the financial centre of Australia. This authoritative two-volume history o ...Show more
A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages: Volume 2 by Henry Charles Lea
Category: History | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History Ser.
This comprehensive three-volume history of the medieval Inquisition by the influential American scholar Henry Charles Lea, first published in 1888, was firmly based on primary sources, and adopted a rationalist approach that departed from the pious tone of earlier histories of the middle ages. Lea was c ...Show more
A Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales, and Its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land - With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in by William Charles Wentworth
Category: Australiana | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania Ser.
The politician, landowner and journalist W. C. Wentworth (1790-1872), was an energetic and controversial character in the early history of modern Australia. Together with Gregory Blaxland and William Lawson, he was the first to cross Australia's Blue Mountains. A well-known public figure in the colony o ...Show more
A Thousand Miles Up The Nile by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
Category: History | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology Ser.
Amelia Edwards (1831-1892) was an English novelist, journalist and travel writer. In the winter of 1873-1874 she and her companion visited Egypt, travelling up the Nile from Cairo to Abu Simbel and back. Edwards became fascinated with ancient Egypt as a result of this visit, founding the Egypt Explorati ...Show more
Aborigines of Victoria - With Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives of Other Parts of Australia and Tasmania Compiled from Various Sources for the Government of Victoria by Robert Brough Smyth
Category: Australiana | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics Ser.
Robert Brough Smyth (1830-1889) was a successful Melbourne-based mining engineer and civil servant whose international contacts included the geologist Adam Sedgwick. He also spent 16 years as Secretary of the Board for the Protection of the Aborigines. In this study of the society and customs of indigen ...Show more
Aborigines of Victoria - With Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives of Other Parts of Australia and Tasmania Compiled from Various Sources for the Government of Victoria by Robert Brough Smyth
Category: Australiana | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics Ser.
Robert Brough Smyth (1830-1889) was a successful Melbourne-based mining engineer and civil servant whose international contacts included the geologist Adam Sedgwick. He also spent 16 years as Secretary of the Board for the Protection of the Aborigines. In this study of the society and customs of indigen ...Show more
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll; John Tenniel (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Fiction and Poetry Ser.
It's been 150 years since Lewis Carroll penned Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Harlequin TEEN is celebrating this anniversary with a special new release of the beloved classic that inspired Gena Showalter's New York Times bestselling series The White Rabbit Chronicles. Don't miss this exclusive eb ...Show more
Among Cannibals - An Account of Four Years' Travels in Australia and of Camp Life with the Aborigines of Queensland by Carl Lumholtz
Category: Australiana | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics Ser.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, li ...Show more
An Encyclopaedia of Architecture - Historical, Theoretical, and Practical by Joseph Gwilt
Category: Architecture | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture Ser.
An architect like his father before him, Joseph Gwilt (1784-1863) is best remembered for his published work. His most celebrated achievement, reissued here in its first edition of 1842, was this hugely popular resource, which went through several further editions. The work draws extensively on French so ...Show more
Apparitions and Thought-Transference: An Examination of the Evidence for Telepathy by Frank Podmore
Category: Science | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge Ser.
Frank Podmore (1856-1910) was a paranormal researcher and socialist who co-founded the Fabian Society. He became interested in spiritualism while studying at Oxford and joined the Society for Psychical Research. Forced to leave his employment at the Post Office amid rumours of a homosexual scandal, Podm ...Show more