Social Studies Genre
Books in the Social Studies genre:
Isis Very Much Unveiled (1894)
A debunking of theosophy and Madame Blavatsky. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Edmund Garrett
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
The Money Spinner and Other Character Notes (1896)
Author(s):
Henry Seton Merriman
S. G. Tallentyre
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World (1897)
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Dan Beard
A. B. Frost
Peter Newell
Photographs
Et al
The Book of Shops (1899)
Verses and pictures of shops of all kinds. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Edward Verrall Lucas
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
The Chimes: A Goblin Story (1899)
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
Four and Twenty Toilers (1900)
Pictures and poems about various trades and professions. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
E. V. Lucas
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
Travels Round Our Village (1901)
Essays about the people and places of the English Berkshires. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Eleanor G. Hayden
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
A Dog’s Tale (1904)
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
W. T. Smedley
The French Decorative Styles (1904)
Author(s):
Ellis Parker Butler
Brittain B. Wilson
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Various
The Flock (1906)
Author(s):
Mary Austin
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Christian Science (1907)
A combination of a humorous send-up and a more serious critique of the cult of Mary Baker Eddy. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Susanna and Sue (1909)
Susanna leaves her neglectful husband to stay with the Shakers, and manages to shake him up. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Illustrator(s):
Alice Barber Stephens
N. C. Wyeth
The Revolt: A Play in One Act (1912)
The suffragettes prepare to take over the world. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Fil and Filippa: Story of Child Life in the Philippines (1917)
A story about children living in the Philippines for American children. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
John Stuart Thomson
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Recruiting Posters Issued by the U.S. Navy Since the Declaration of War (1918)
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Et al
Everychild: A Story Which the Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old (1921)
Author(s):
Louis Dodge
Illustrator(s):
Blanche Fisher Wright Laite
The Three of Salu: Around the Year in Northern Italy (1923)
Author(s):
Carol Della Chiesa
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Napoleon and His Court (1924)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Various
Napoleon and His Court (1924)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Various
What Is Americanism? (1924)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Logging you in...