title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Faro Nell and Her Friends
Wolfville Stories | Lewis, Alfred Henry, 1857-1914 | en | | Dead-Shot Baker -- Old Man Enright's uncle -- Cynthiana, pet-named original sin -- Old Monte, official drunkard -- How the mocking bird was won -- That Wolfville-Red Dog Fourth -- Propriety Pratt, hypnotist -- That Turner person -- Red Mike -- How Tutt shot Texas Thompson -- The funeral of Old Holt -- Spelling Book Ben. | | Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction; Humorous stories, American; Ranch life -- Fiction; Cowboys -- Fiction; Western stories; Arizona -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 2009-07-22 |
Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 | Various | en | | The Brigade Commander, by J. W. Deforest -- Who Was She?, by Bayard Taylor -- Mademoiselle Olympe Zabriski, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich -- Brother Sebastian's Friendship, by Harold Frederic -- A Good-For-Nothing, by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen -- The Idyl Of Red Gulch, by Bret Harte -- Crutch, The Page, by George Alfred Townsend ("Gath") -- In Each Other's Shoes, by George Parsons Lathrop -- The Denver Express, by A. A. Hayes -- Jaune D'antimoine, by Thomas Allibone Janvier -- Ole 'Stracted, by Thomas Nelson Page -- Our Consul At Carlsruhe, by F. J. Stimson ("J. S. Of Dale"). | Patten, William, 1868-1936 [Editor] | | 2005-08-20 |
Shorty McCabe on the Job | Ford, Sewell, 1868-1946 | en | | Wishing a new one on Shorty -- A few squirms by Bayard -- Peeking in on Pedders -- Two singles to Goober -- The case of a female party -- How Millie shook the jinx -- Reverse English on Sonny Boy -- Gumming Gopher to the map -- What Lindy had up her sleeve -- A case of nobody home -- Under the wire with Edwin -- A fifty-fifty split with Hunk -- A follow through by Eggy -- Catching up with Gerald -- Shorty hears from Pemaquid -- Scratch one on Bulgaroo -- Bayard ducks his past -- Trailing Dudley through a trance -- A little while with Alvin. | | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction; Humorous stories; Short stories, American | 2007-04-07 |
The Lost Road | Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 | en | | The Lost Road -- The Miracle Of Las Palmas -- Evil To Him Who Evil Thinks -- The Men Of Zanzibar -- The Long Arm -- The God Of Coincidence -- The Buried Treasure Of Cobre -- The Boy Scout -- Somewhere In France -- The Deserter | | Zanzibar -- Fiction; Short stories; Europe -- History -- Ottoman Wars -- First Balkan War, 1912-1913; Cuba -- History; Greece -- History; Spy stories; Philippines -- History; Panama Canal (Panama); United States -- History -- Philippine-American War -- Fiction | 2000-08-01 |
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2
From 1620-1816 | Ryerson, Egerton, 1803-1882 | en | | | | United States -- History -- War of 1812; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; American loyalists; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783; United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775; Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- To 1775 | 2008-02-20 |
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2.
From 1620-1816 | Ryerson, Egerton, 1803-1882 | en | | | | United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775; American loyalists; Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- To 1775; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; United States -- History -- War of 1812; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 | 2007-04-08 |
Twilight Stories | | en | | Christmas day -- The only woman in the town -- The conquest of Fairyland -- Kentucky Belle -- Prophecies -- Why he was whipped -- "Apples Finkey": the water-boy -- The soldier's reprieve -- Little brown thrushes -- The story of the empty sleeve -- Facing the world -- Robert of Lincoln -- "Dixie" and "Yankee Doodle" -- The barefoot boy -- Babouscka -- Daisies -- Driving home the cows -- The baby's kiss -- The lost diamond snuff box -- The American flag -- Aunt Polly Shedd's brigade -- Corinne's musicale -- Barbara Frietchie -- Sheridan's ride -- The children's hour -- Caryl's plum -- Our two opinions. | | Children's literature; Short stories; Poetry | 1996-07-01 |
High Adventure
A Narrative of Air Fighting in France | Hall, James Norman, 1887-1951 | en | | | | Aeronautics, Military; Hall, James Norman, 1887-1951; Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American; World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, French; France. Armée. Escadrille Lafayette -- Biography; Fighter pilots -- France -- Biography | 2008-02-11 |
Life on the Mississippi, Part 3. | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | | | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River | 2004-07-09 |
Life on the Mississippi, Part 7. | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | | | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River | 2004-07-10 |
Life on the Mississippi, Part 12. | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | | | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River | 2004-07-10 |
Life on the Mississippi, Part 10. | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | | | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River | 2004-07-10 |
Life on the Mississippi, Part 2. | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | | | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River | 2004-07-09 |
Life on the Mississippi, Part 11. | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | | | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River | 2004-07-10 |
Life on the Mississippi, Part 1. | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | | | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River | 2004-07-08 |
Life on the Mississippi, Part 5. | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | | | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River | 2004-07-09 |
Life on the Mississippi, Part 6. | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | | | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River | 2004-07-09 |
Life on the Mississippi, Part 8. | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | | | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River | 2004-07-10 |
Life on the Mississippi, Part 9. | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | | | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River | 2004-07-10 |
Life on the Mississippi, Part 4. | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | | | Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River | 2004-07-09 |
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg -- My First Lie, and How I Got out of it -- The Esquimaux Maiden's Romance -- Christian Science and The Book of Mrs. Eddy -- Is He Living or Is He Dead? -- My Debut as a Literary Person -- At The Appetite-cure -- Concerning The Jews -- From The 'London Times' of 1904 -- About Play-acting -- Travelling with a Reformer -- Diplomatic Pay and Clothes -- Luck -- The Captain's Story -- Stirring Times in Austria -- Meisterschaft -- My Boyhood Dreams -- To The above Old People -- In Memoriam - Olivia Susan Clemens. | | Short stories; City and town life -- Fiction; Honesty -- Fiction; Humorous stories, American; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction | 2004-09-20 |
Life on the Mississippi | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | | | Mississippi River -- Description and travel; Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Pilots and pilotage -- Mississippi River; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Travel -- Mississippi River | 2004-07-10 |
Kansas Women in Literature | Barker, Nettie Garmer | en | | EFFIE GRAHAM. -- ESTHER M. CLARK. -- MARY VANCE HUMPHREY. -- KATE A. APLINGTON. -- EMMA UPTON VAUGHN. -- JESSIE WRIGHT WHITECOMB. -- MYRA WILLIAMS JARRELL. -- ELLEN PALMER ALLERTON. -- EMMA TANNER WOOD. -- CORNELIA M. STOCKTON. -- MARGARET HILL McCARTER. -- BESSIE MAY BELLMAN. and JUNE BELLMAN HENTHORNE. -- AMANDA T. JONES. -- CHARLOTTE F. WILDER. -- ANNA L. JANUARY. -- HATTIE HORNER LOUTHAN. -- EVA MORLEY MURPHY. -- SALLIE F. TOLER. -- ANNA E. ARNOLD. | | Authors, American -- Kansas; Women authors; Kansas -- Biography | 2008-07-09 |
Penguin Persons & Peppermints | Eaton, Walter Prichard, 1878-1957 | en | | Penguin persons -- Spring comes to Thumping Dick -- The passing of the stage sundial -- On singing songs with one finger -- The immorality of shop-windows -- A forgotten American poet -- New poetry and the lingering line -- The lies we learn in our youth -- The bad manners of polite people -- On giving up golf forever -- "Grape-vine" erudition -- Business before grammar -- Wood ashes and progress -- The vacant room in drama -- On giving an author a plot -- The twilight veil -- Spring in the garden -- The bubble, reputation -- The old house on the bend -- Concerning hat-trees -- The shrinking of Kingman's Field -- Mumblety-peg and middle age -- Barber shops of yesterday -- The button box -- Peppermints. | | | 2008-08-23 |
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) | Various | en | | Araminta and the Automobile, by Loomis -- At Aunty's House, by Riley -- The Backsliding Brother, by Stanton -- Biggs' Bar, by Sutherland -- A Bookworm's Plaint, by Scollard -- Breitmann in Politics, by Leland -- A Concord Love Song, by Roche -- Contentment, by Holmes -- The Demon of the Study, by Whittier -- Der Oak Und Der Vine, by Adams -- A Double-Dyed Deceiver, by O. Henry -- Dum Vivimus Vigilamus, by Paul -- The Evidence in the Case of Smith vs. Jones, by Clemens -- Fall Styles in Faces, by Irwin -- "Festina Lente", by Burdette -- The Genial Idiot Discusses Leap Year, by Bangs -- The Great Prize Fight, by Clemens -- Had a Set of Double Teeth, by Day -- The Height of the Ridiculous, by Holmes -- Her Brother: Enfant Terrible, by Sabin -- Hezekiah Bedott's Opinion, by Whicher -- His Grandmother's Way, by Stanton -- The Invisible Prince, by Harland -- The Jackpot, by Ironquill -- Jacob, by Cary -- Johnny's Pa, by Nesbit -- A Lay of Ancient Rome, by Ybarra -- Little Bopeep and Little Boy Blue, by Peck -- Love Song, by Leland -- Maxims, by Franklin -- The Meeting, by Riser -- Mister Rabbit's Love Affair, by Stanton -- A Mother of Four, by Tompkins -- A Mothers' Meeting, by Bridges -- Nevada Sketches, by Clemens -- A New Year Idyl, by Field -- An Old-Time Singer, by Stanton -- Oncl' Antoine on 'Change, by Amsbary -- Our Hired Girl, by Riley -- Plain Language from Truthful James, by Harte -- A Poe-'em of Passion, by Lummis -- Possession, by Lampton -- The Real Diary of a Real Boy, by Shute -- The Reason, by Ironquill -- Rubaiyat of Mathieu Lattellier, by Amsbary -- Settin' by the Fire, by Stanton -- A Shining Mark, by Ironquill -- "There's a Bower of Bean-Vines", by Cary -- To Bary Jade, by Adams -- Tom's Money, by Spofford -- The Trial that Job Missed, by Harris -- Trouble-Proof, by Sabin -- Uncle Bentley and the Roosters, by Carruth -- Unsatisfied Yearning, by Munkittrick -- What Lack We Yet, by Burdette -- When Lovely Woman, by Cary -- The Whisperer, by Ironquill -- Why Wait for Death and Time | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2008-01-26 |