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Historical accounts, travel writing, biography, places and cultural life.

68 books on this shelf.

Ancient History8
Biography8
Cultural History36
Historical Accounts8
Institutional History13
Peoples & Places10
Travel in Asia8
Travel Writing12

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Alchemy: Ancient and Modern cover

Alchemy: Ancient and Modern

H. Stanley Redgrove

Francis Bacon and His Secret Society cover

Francis Bacon and His Secret Society

Constance Mary Pott

Mysteries of the Rosie Cross cover

Mysteries of the Rosie Cross

Anonymous

The Origin of Freemasonry and Knights Templar cover

The Origin of Freemasonry and Knights Templar

John R. Bennett

Light-Bearers of Darkness cover

Light-Bearers of Darkness

Inquire Within

Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries cover

Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries

Charles William Heckethorn

The Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross cover

The Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross

Arthur Edward Waite

The Use and Abuse of Freemasonry cover

The Use and Abuse of Freemasonry

Captain George Smith

Migration of Symbols cover

Migration of Symbols

Donald A. Mackenzie

The Chaldean Account of Genesis cover

The Chaldean Account of Genesis

George Smith

The Phoenician Origin of Britons, Scots & Anglo-Saxons cover

The Phoenician Origin of Britons, Scots & Anglo-Saxons

L. A. Waddell

The Indo-Sumerian Seals Deciphered cover

The Indo-Sumerian Seals Deciphered

L. A. Waddell

Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft cover

Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft

Walter Scott

Satanism and Witchcraft cover

Satanism and Witchcraft

Jules Michelet; translated by A. R. Allinson

Fragments of a Faith Forgotten cover

Fragments of a Faith Forgotten

G.R.S. Mead

The Sun and the Serpent cover

The Sun and the Serpent

Charles F. Oldham

Occult Japan; or, The Way of the Gods cover

Occult Japan; or, The Way of the Gods

Percival Lowell

The Soul of the Far East cover

The Soul of the Far East

Percival Lowell

Ancient Symbol Worship: Influence of the Phallic Idea in the Religions of Antiquity cover

Ancient Symbol Worship: Influence of the Phallic Idea in the Religions of Antiquity

Hodder M. Westropp and C. Staniland Wake; introduction, notes, and appendix by Alexander Wilder

Atlantis: The Antediluvian World cover

Atlantis: The Antediluvian World

Ignatius Donnelly

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, and Kindred Papers cover

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, and Kindred Papers

Thomas De Quincey

The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan cover

The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan

Ellen G. White

Life and Experiences of Edmund Dawson Rogers cover

Life and Experiences of Edmund Dawson Rogers

Edmund Dawson Rogers

The Lives of the Conjurors cover

The Lives of the Conjurors

Thomas Frost

Magica Sexualis cover

Magica Sexualis

Émile Laurent and Paul Nagour

Needlework as Art cover

Needlework as Art

Lady M. Alford

The Obelisk and Freemasonry cover

The Obelisk and Freemasonry

John A. Weisse, M.D.

The Awakening of Woman cover

The Awakening of Woman

Florence Guertin Tuttle

Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry cover

Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry

R. Swinburne Clymer

The Rose Cross Order cover

The Rose Cross Order

R. Swinburne Clymer

Witchcraft Illustrated cover

Witchcraft Illustrated

Henrietta D. Kimball

Some Reminiscences cover

Some Reminiscences

Alfred Smedley

Giordano Bruno cover

Giordano Bruno

J. Lewis McIntyre

The Odd-Fellows' Offering for 1852 cover

The Odd-Fellows' Offering for 1852

Members of the Order, their wives and sisters

Beasts, Men and Gods cover

Beasts, Men and Gods

Ferdinand Ossendowski; explanatory note by Lewis Stanton Palen

The Magic Island cover

The Magic Island

W. B. Seabrook; drawings by Alexander King

Shambhala cover

Shambhala

Nicholas Roerich

The Lost Language of Symbolism, Volume I cover

The Lost Language of Symbolism, Volume I

Harold Bayley

Bushido: The Soul of Japan cover

Bushido: The Soul of Japan

Inazo Nitobe; introduction by William Elliot Griffis

Burma: Painted and Described cover

Burma: Painted and Described

R. Talbot Kelly

Shadow Land cover

Shadow Land

E. d’Espérance

Masks and Demons cover

Masks and Demons

Kenneth Macgowan; with Herman Rosse’s theatrical research and line drawings

Satan’s Invisible World Displayed cover

Satan’s Invisible World Displayed

W. T. Stead

The Chinese Dragon cover

The Chinese Dragon

L. Newton Hayes

Old Deccan Days cover

Old Deccan Days

Collected by Mary Frere from Anna Liberata de Souza’s narration; introduction and notes by Sir Bartle Frere; illustrations by Catherine Frances Frere

The Real History of the Rosicrucians cover

The Real History of the Rosicrucians

Arthur Edward Waite

Isis Very Much Unveiled cover

Isis Very Much Unveiled

Edmund Garrett

The Book of Boumi and Story of the Mystic Shrine cover

The Book of Boumi and Story of the Mystic Shrine

Raymond Sidney Tompkins; edited by Whitney W. Jones

The Revelations of a Square cover

The Revelations of a Square

Rev. George Oliver

Mount Sinai Temple: Nobles of the Mystic Shrine cover

Mount Sinai Temple: Nobles of the Mystic Shrine

Mount Sinai Temple

Antiquities of the Orient Unveiled cover

Antiquities of the Orient Unveiled

Moses Wolcott Redding

History of Freemasonry and Concordant Orders cover

History of Freemasonry and Concordant Orders

Henry Leonard Stillson; William James Hughan

The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy cover

The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy

C. J. S. Thompson

Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments cover

Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments

A. H. Sayce

The Forest of Arden cover

The Forest of Arden

Written and pictured by George Wharton Edwards

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon cover

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Japan a Record in Colour cover

Japan a Record in Colour

Mortimer Menpes; transcribed by Dorothy Menpes

The Flowers and Gardens of Japan cover

The Flowers and Gardens of Japan

Described by Florence Du Cane; painted by Ella Du Cane

Korea cover

Korea

Angus Hamilton

The Holy Land cover

The Holy Land

John Kelman; John Fulleylove

Kashmir cover

Kashmir

Described by Sir Francis Younghusband; painted by Major E. Molyneux

The Curious Lore of Precious Stones cover

The Curious Lore of Precious Stones

George Frederick Kunz

Adventures in Arabia cover

Adventures in Arabia

W. B. Seabrook; pen drawings by A. G. Peck; illustrated with photographs

Contempo cover

Contempo

John Vassos; Ruth Vassos

The Legends and Myths of Hawaii cover

The Legends and Myths of Hawaii

David Kalākaua; edited and introduced by R. M. Daggett

Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race cover

Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race

T. W. Rolleston

Kottō cover

Kottō

Lafcadio Hearn

Tales of Old Japan cover

Tales of Old Japan

A. B. Mitford

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Authors represented

A. B. Mitford â†—
A. G. Peck â†—
A. H. Sayce â†—
A. R. Allinson â†—
Alexander King â†—
Alfred Smedley â†—
Angus Hamilton â†—
Anna Liberata de Souza â†—
Anonymous â†—
Arthur Edward Waite â†—
C. J. S. Thompson â†—
Captain George Smith â†—
Catherine Frances Frere â†—
Charles F. Oldham â†—
Charles Staniland Wake â†—
Charles William Heckethorn â†—
Constance Mary Pott â†—
David Kalākaua â†—
Donald A. Mackenzie â†—
Dorothy Menpes â†—
E. d’Espérance â†—
Edmund Dawson Rogers â†—
Edmund Garrett â†—
Edward Molyneux â†—
Ella Du Cane â†—
Ellen G. White â†—
Émile Laurent â†—
Ferdinand Ossendowski â†—
Florence Du Cane â†—
Florence Guertin Tuttle â†—
Francis Younghusband â†—
G.R.S. Mead â†—
George Frederick Kunz â†—
George Oliver â†—

George Smith â†—

George Wharton Edwards â†—

H. Stanley Redgrove â†—

Harold Bayley â†—

Henrietta D. Kimball â†—

Henry Leonard Stillson â†—

Herman Rosse â†—

Hodder Michael Westropp â†—

Ignatius Donnelly â†—

Inazo Nitobe â†—

Inquire Within â†—

J. Lewis McIntyre â†—

John A. Weisse, M.D. â†—

John Fulleylove â†—

John Kelman â†—

John Richardson Bennett â†—

John Vassos â†—

Jules Michelet â†—

Kenneth Macgowan â†—

L. A. Waddell â†—

L. Newton Hayes â†—

Lady M. Alford â†—

Lafcadio Hearn â†—

Lewis Stanton Palen â†—

Mary Frere â†—

Members of the Order, their wives and sisters â†—

Mortimer Menpes â†—

Moses Wolcott Redding â†—

Mount Sinai Temple â†—

Nicholas Roerich â†—

Paul Nagour â†—

Percival Lowell â†—

Percival Lowell â†—

R. M. Daggett â†—

R. Swinburne Clymer â†—

R. Talbot Kelly â†—

Raymond Sidney Tompkins â†—

Ruth Vassos â†—

Sir Bartle Frere â†—

T. W. Rolleston â†—

Thomas De Quincey â†—

Thomas Frost â†—

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi â†—

W. B. Seabrook â†—

W. T. Stead â†—

Walter Scott â†—

Whitney W. Jones â†—

William Elliot Griffis â†—

William James Hughan â†—

William Seabrook â†—