An active anti-Jewish propaganda was being carried on in the city; and, knowing the temper not only of Russian mobs, but of mobs in general, the Jews
Venice’s Doge Is Religious and Governmental Leader
Today's installment concludes How Medieval Venice Was Governed,our selection from History of the Venetian Republic by William C. Hazlitt published
Venice Invests Doge With Power
The nearest model for their adoption or imitation was the Lombard type of government almost under their very eyes.Continuing How Medieval Venice
John Smith and Pocahontas
Today's installment concludes English Settle Virginia,our selection from A History of Virginia by Robert Reid Howison published in 1846.If you
Jamestown Starves
They had little whereupon to feast, except a miserable compound of wheat and barley boiled with water, and even to the larger portion of this the
Jamestown Founded
On either side the distant land presented a scene of tranquil verdure, upon which the eye might rejoice to repose.Continuing English Settle
Preparations for the First Voyage
The London Company eagerly prepared for their proposed scheme of settlement.Continuing English Settle Virginia,our selection from A History of
First Charter of the Government of Virginia
We will not now pause to consider it minutely either for praise or for blame.Continuing English Settle Virginia,our selection from A History of
George Washington’s Important
Today's installment concludes How the American Revolutionary War Ended,the name of our combined selection from American Diplomatic Commission and