IN The Atlantic for October, 1890, we reviewed Captain Mahan’s Influence of Sea Power upon History ; pointing out the originality and worth of the book, and expressing the hope that it would be ...

THE call for a third edition of Mr. Beesly’s apologetic Life of Danton 1 seems to show that there is Danton in the political air. In fact, some of the features of the French Revolution, notably the ...

For a lot of people, mention of the French Revolution conjures up images of wealthy nobles being led to the guillotine. Thanks to countless movies, books and half-remembered history lessons, many have ...

In 1848, before the age of the 'new imperialism', France already claimed an overseas empire extending from the Americas to Africa and the Indian Ocean. The sole North American possession France ...