Bertrand Russell gave the Lowell Lectures in March and April of 1914; these lectures produced 'Our Knowledge of the External World'. Russell...

This delightful little book is another in the "Our Little Cousin" series that offered American children insight into what their young counterparts...

This book is one of a series that aims at describing other cultures to children in an entertaining way that honors the culture, educates the child...

Meet Lotus Blossom, our little Japanese Cousin and her little brother Toyo. Join them in their everyday life and learn about Japanese customs and...

Recent events have done much to introduce Korea and its people to the world at large. For this reason the story of Yung Pak's youthful days may be...

Another book written for American children in the early 1900's to help educate them about the customs and lives of their 'cousins' in many parts...

A novelist finds himself struggling to make ends meet. In his effort to raise a bit of money to get him by, he finds himself in the middle of a...

The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale was the first book in a long-running series centering around four girls: Betty Nelson, Mollie Billette, Amy...

Ruth Levice, the daughter of a rich San Francisco Jewish merchant, meats Dr. Herbert Kemp, and they slowly fall in love. However, she is Jewish...

An Outback Marriage tells of a young Englishman on a tour of the colonies, who gets more than he bargained for when he sets out to find the heir...

These riveting accounts by Jacob A. Riis are from the late 19th century, when lower Manhattan was teeming with struggling, near-starving...