About this book
Political history figured large in volume 110 of the Short Nonfiction Collection, with reader chosen topics ranging from the Scottish Declaration of Arboarth (1320), to the battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797), early exploration of the North Pacific ocean, Thomas Jefferson's last testament, and Abraham Lincoln's character and legacy. Other readers chose scientific topics: repeating cycles in British climate, ink blot personality testing, animal suicide, cholera transmission, and theories about sleep. Summary by Sue Anderson
Chapters (15)
1Abraham Lincoln: 100th Anniversary of His Birth; Address by President Roosevelt (1909)
2Abraham Lincoln: A Man of Simple Habits (1901)
3Abraham Lincoln: Autobiographical Sketch (1859)
4Abraham Lincoln: Five Star Mother (1864)
5Broke His Back: Sad Accident to an Inmate of the Soldiers' Home (1893)
6A Cycle of 18 Years in the Seasons of Britain (1842)
7The Declaration of Arbroath (1320)
8Defeat of Cape St. Vincent, Memorial of the French to the Spanish, (1797)
9Defeat of Cape St. Vincent, Spanish Answer to the French (1797)
10Geographical Knowlege of the North Pacific Ocean at the Beginning of the 18th Century (1922)
11On the Mode of Communication of Cholera (1849)
12Sleep and the Theories of Its Cause (1898)
13A Study of Imaginations (1898)
14Suicide of Animals (1885)
15Thomas Jefferson's Will (1826)
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