Popular research narratives; stories of research, invention, or discovery, directly from the "men who did it," pithily told in language for laymen, young and old,

"The series was compiled by Alfred D. Flinn, director of Engineering foundation, and originally issued in semimonthly leaflet form [under title 'Research narratives'] for distribution to a small group."

The history of the first discovery and settlement of Virginia;

"Reprint edition ... [includes] index prepared in 1912 by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson for the Virginia State Library."