WHEN SO much has been written upon a subject on which so little definite information is
available as upon this, some reason must needs be assigned for adding to the volume of …

In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin's mind was the writing of The variation of animals
and plants under domestication (Variation). At the beginning of the year he was optimistic …

… of India, disillusionment was prompted notably by the growth of political activity among
Western-educated Indians, especially after the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885. …

HE foregoing pages were written by me in the hope that past students of the Hospital might
take an interest in the Institution in which they derived the first impressions of their profession. …

Imperialism in the industrial era is a process whereby agents of an expanding society gain
inordinate influence or control over the vitals of weaker societies.... The object is to shape or …

Recent years have seen not just in Britain but around the globe events which demonstrate
the great power of religious belief and institutions in national and international politics. …

… Smyth, are first-hand accounts of the remarkable woman’s life in music and in the suffragette
movement. Ethel Smyth (… for women’s suffrage, Ethel Smyth’s memoirs are a fascinating and …

… My parents, Doris and Len Smith, always understood my commitment to this book and
backed the project in every way. Ruth B. Nicholson served on my staff at the Historic Columbia …

The coming of compulsory health legislation in mid-nineteenth-century England was a political
innovation that extended the powers of the state effectively for the first time over areas of …

I am under personal obligations to Alma L. Dickerson, Howell, Mich., for valuable Smith
statistics, and to Henrietta Porter Boardman, Phelps, NY, for ancient family records. The work …