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The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09
Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig | | en | | The Life of Friedrich Hebbel. By William Guild Howard -- Hebbel: Maria Magdalena. -- Siegfried's Death. -- Anna. -- On Theodor Körner and Heinrich von Kleist. -- Ludolf Wienbarg's The Dramatists of the Present Day. -- Review of Heinrich von Kleist's Play, The Prince of Homburg, or The Battle of Fehrbellin. -- Recollections of My Childhood. (Extracts from the Journal of Friedrich Hebbel) -- The Life of Otto Ludwig. By Alexander R. Hohlfeld -- Ludwig: The Hereditary Forester. -- Between Heaven and Earth. | | | 2004-07-26 |
The Rock of Chickamauga
A Story of the Western Crisis | Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander), 1862-1919 | en | The Civil War Series, Volume 6 | | | Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863 -- Juvenile fiction; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction; Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 -- Juvenile fiction | 2006-01-01 |
The Riflemen of the Ohio
A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" | Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander), 1862-1919 | en | "The riflemen of the Ohio", while a complete story in itself, continues the fortunes of ... the central characters in "The young trailers", "The forest runners", and "The free rangers." | | | Ohio River -- Juvenile fiction; Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile fiction | 2008-07-07 |
Letters to Dead Authors | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | To W. M. Thackeray -- To Charles Dickens -- To Pierre de Ronsard -- To Herodotus -- Epistle to Mr. Alexander Pope -- To Lucian of Samosata -- To Maitre Francoys Rabelais -- To Jane Austen -- To Master Isaak Walton -- To M. Chapelain -- To Sir John Manndeville, kt. -- To Alexandre Dumas -- To Theocritus -- To Edgar Allan Poe -- To Sir Walter Scott, bart. -- To Eusebius of Caesarea -- To Percy Bysshe Shelley -- To Monsieur de Molière, valet de chambre du roi -- To Robert Burns -- To Lord Byron -- To Omar Khayyám -- To Q. Horatius Flaccus. | | Literature; Authors | 2002-07-01 |
The Clock that Had no Hands
And Nineteen Other Essays About Advertising | Kaufman, Herbert, 1878-1947 | en | | The clock that had no hands -- The cannon that modernized Japan -- The tailor who paid too much -- The man who retreats before his defeat -- The dollar that can't be spent -- The pass of Thermopylae -- The perambulating showcase -- How Alexander untied the knot -- If it fits you, wear this cap -- You must irrigate your neighborhood -- Cato's follow-up system -- How to write retail advertising copy -- The difference between amusing and convincing -- Some don'ts when you do advertise -- The doctor whose patients hang on -- The horse that drew the load -- The cellar hole and the sewer hole -- The neighborhood of your advertising -- The mistake of the big steak -- The omelette soufflé. | | | 2009-08-01 |
Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends | Landa, Gertrude | en | | The palace of the eagles -- The giant of the flood -- The fairy princess of Ergetz -- The higgledy-piggledy palace -- The red slipper -- The star child -- Abi Fressah's feast -- The beggar king -- The quarrel of the cat and dog -- The water-babe -- Sinbad of the Talmud -- The outcast prince -- The story of Bostanai -- From shepherd-boy to king -- The magic palace -- The sleep of one hundred years -- King for three days -- The palace in the clouds -- The Pope's game of chess -- The slave's fortune -- The paradise in the sea -- The Rabbi's bogey-man -- The fairy frog -- The princess of the tower -- King Alexander's adventures. | Aronson, Sol [Illustrator] | | 2008-09-27 |
The Chronicles of Clovis | Saki, 1870-1916 | en | | Esmé -- The match-maker -- Tobermory -- Mrs. Packletide's tiger -- The stampeding of Lady Bastable -- The background -- Hermann the irascible: a story of the great weep -- The unrest-cure -- The jesting of Arlington Stringham -- Sredni Vashtar -- Adrian -- The chaplet -- The quest -- Wratislav -- The Easter egg -- Filboid Studge, the story of a mouse that helped -- The music on the hill -- The story of St. Vespaluus -- The way to the dairy -- The peace offering -- The peace of Mowsle Barton -- The talking-out of Tarrington -- The hounds of fate -- The recessional -- A matter of sentiment -- The secret sin of Septimus Brope -- "Ministers of Grace" -- The remoulding of Groby Lington. | Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956 [Contributor] | Short stories; Satire, English | 2003-01-01 |
Americans All
Stories of American Life of To-Day | | en | | The Right Promethean Fire, by Martin -- Sketch of George Madden Martin -- The Land of Heart's Desire, by Kelly -- Sketch of Myra Kelly -- The Tenor, by Bunner -- Sketch of H. C. Bunner -- The Passing of Priscilla Winthrop, by White -- Sketch of William Allen White -- The Gift of the Magi, by Henry -- Sketch of O. Henry -- The Gold Brick, by Whitlock -- Sketch of Brand Whitlock -- His Mother's Son, by Ferber -- Sketch of Edna Ferber -- Bitter-Sweet, by Hurst -- Sketch of Fannie Hurst -- The Riverman, by White -- Sketch of Stewart E. White -- Flint and Fire; How "Flint and Fire" Started and Grew, by Canfield -- Sketch of Dorothy Canfield -- The Ordeal at Mt. Hope, by Dunbar -- Sketch of Paul Laurence Dunbar -- Israel Drake, by Mayo -- Sketch of Katherine Mayo -- The Struggles and Triumph of Isidro de los Maestros, by Hopper -- Sketch of James M. Hopper -- The Citizen, by Dwyer -- Sketch of James F. Dwyer. | Heydrick, Benjamin A. (Benjamin Alexander), 1871-1932? [Editor] | Short stories, American; United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 2007-10-26 |
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III | | en | | Excerpts from Boswell's "Life of Johnson"
A Poet Defined, from the Preface to "Lyrical Ballads" by Wordsworth
The Arrival of the Master of Ravenswood, from "The Bride of Lammermoor" by Scott
The Death of Meg Merriles, from "Guy Mannering" by Scott
A Vision of Rob Roy, from "Rob Roy" by Scott
Queen Elizabeth and Amy Robsart at Kenilworth, from "Kenilworth" by Scott
The Illness and Death of Lady Scott, from Scott's "Journal"
Does Fortune Favor Fools?, from "A Sailor's Fortune" by Coleridge
The Destiny of the United States, from the "Table Talk" by Coleridge
Nelson's Death at Trafalgar, from the "Life of Nelson" by Southey
The Death of Hofer, by Landor
Napoleon and Pericles, by Landor
Dream Children—A Reverie; Poor Relations; The Origin of Roast Pig; That We Should Rise with the Lark, from the "Essays of Elia" by Lamb
Hamlet, from the "Characters of Shakespeare's Plays" by Hazlitt
Dreams of an Opium-Eater, from the "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" by de Quincey
Joan of Arc, from the "Biographical and Historical Essays" by de Quincey
Charles Lamb, from the "Literary Reminiscences" by de Quincey
Of His Mother's Treatment of Him, letter by Lord Byron
To His Wife after the Separation, letter by Lord Byron
To Sir Walter Scott, letter by Lord Byron
Of Art and Nature as Poetical Subjects, from the "Reply to Bowles" by Lord Byron
In Defense of Poetry, by Shelley
The Baths of Caracalla, from letter by Shelley
The ruins of Pompeii, from letter by Shelley
The Mutilation of the Hermæ; If Alexander Had Lived, from the "History of Greece" by Grote
Charlotte Corday, from the "History of the French Revolution" by Carlyle
The Blessedness of Work, from "Past and Present" by Carlyle
Cromwell, from "Heroes and Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History" by Carlyle
In Praise of Those Who Toil, from "Sart | | | 2007-07-30 |