Oil paintings by William Hodges, R.A., draughtsman on Captain Cook's second voyage, 1772-1775

LeRoy S. Hodges, Jr., has written a lively and informative biography of a Black writer of merit whose works have not enjoyed the wide readership they deserve. Interweaving discussi...

Abstract All Species of Knowledge examines the discoveries and failures of the Russian exploratory vessel Rurik as it searched for the world’s most elusive geogra...

F. J. Harvey Darton (1878–1936) published Life and Times in 1910. It is an account of the life and work of the well-loved children's author and educationalist Mary Martha Sherwood ...

This chapter describes Eleanor Roosevelt's speech to the New York City Democratic women and her first meeting with Nancy Cook, which led to meeting Cook's partner, Marion Dickerma...