(a) Textbooks.
(b) Large historical works, e.g., Parkman's, Bancroft's, McMaster's, Fiske's.
(c) Biographies of historical personages, e.g., The Life of Cavour; The True George Washington; Bismarck.
(d) Compendiums of History, e.g., Green's Short History of the English People.
(e) Special treatises of historical epochs, e.g., Thwaites' The Colonies; Wilson's Division and Reunion.
(f) Encyclopædic articles, e.g., "Waterloo" in Encyclopædia Britannica; Cyclopedias of History; Paul Monroe's Cyclopædia of Education.
(g) Dictionaries of historical names and references, e.g., Low's Dictionary of English History or Larned's History for Ready Reference, 6 vols.
(h) Philosophical, legal, and constitutional treatises bearing on history, e.g., Bryce's American Commonwealth; Ostrogorski's Democracy and The Party System; Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws.
(i) Historical novels, e.g., Hugo's Les Miserables; historical dramas, e.g., Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice; historical poems, e.g., Longfellow's Courtship of Miles Standish; historical essays and monographs, e.g., articles in the Historical Review and other contemporary magazines.
(j) Writings on local history, e.g., Cooley's History of Michigan; Putnam's Primary and Secondary Education in Michigan; Michigan Pioneer Collection Articles.