The issues in this category focus on literature which dates from or discusses a particular period of history.
- The English Regency
Features literature from the Regency era, including pieces by the Romantic poets Byron, Keats, Shelley, and Leigh Hunt, plus an excerpt from Jane Austen's Emma.
- The Civil War
Literature of and about the Civil War, featuring folk songs from the Union, Confederacy, and enslaved African-Americans. Also includes Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and poems by Whitman and Whittier.
- Early America
An issue devoted to Pilgrims and Native Americans, including poems by Lydia H. Sigourney, an excerpt from Longfellow's "Hiawatha's Childhood", and a traditional Native American folk tale.
- Knights and Ladies
Literature that hearkens back to the days of knights, ladies, and courtly love. Includes pieces by Sir Walter Scott, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and John Keats, plus an excerpt from Cervantes' Don Quixote.
- Travel by Train
Train-themed literature, including selections by Robert Louis Stevenson, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, and E. Nesbit.
- The American Revolution
An issue on the American Revolution, including folk songs, Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride", Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Concord Hymn", a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the complete text of Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle".
