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Life on the Mississippi, Part 1.Twain, Mark, 1835-1910enAuthors, 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 River2004-07-08
Life on the Mississippi, Part 9.Twain, Mark, 1835-1910enAuthors, 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 River2004-07-10
Life on the Mississippi, Part 11.Twain, Mark, 1835-1910enAuthors, 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 River2004-07-10
Forty Years a Gambler on the MississippiDevol, George H., 1829-1903enDevol, George H., 1829-1903; Gambling -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century; Gambling on river boats -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- Mississippi River; Gamblers -- Mississippi River -- Biography; Mississippi River -- Description and travel2007-11-22
The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master MusiciansBrower, Harriette, 1869-1928enPalestrina -- John Sebastian Bach -- George Frederick Handel -- Christoph Willibald Gluck -- Josef Haydn -- Wolfgang Mozart -- Ludwig van Beethoven -- Carl Maria von Weber -- Franz Schubert -- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy -- Robert Schumann -- Frederic Chopin -- Hector Berlioz -- Franz Liszt -- Giuseppe Verdi -- Richard Wagner -- César Franck -- Johannes Brahms -- Edward Grieg -- Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky -- Edward MacDowell -- Claude Achille Debussy -- Arturo Toscanini -- Leopold Stokowsky -- Serge Koussevitzky.Musicians; Composers -- Biography2004-08-25
Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — CompleteWairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845enUniform title: Mémoires de Constant. EnglishClark, Walter, 1846-1924 [Translator]Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Contemporaries; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Relations with valets; Valets -- France -- Biography; Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-18452004-09-07
Life on the MississippiTwain, Mark, 1835-1910enMississippi 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 River2004-07-10
By Canoe and Dog-TrainYoung, Egerton Ryerson, 1840-1909enYoung, Egerton Ryerson, 1840-1909 -- Travel -- Northwest, Canadian; Cree Indians -- Missions; Ojibwa Indians -- Missions; Missionaries -- Northwest, Canadian -- Biography; Northwest, Canadian -- Description and travel2007-04-27
A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss AustenRitchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837-1919enWomen authors, English -- Biography; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism2009-11-09
Hannibal Makers of HistoryAbbott, Jacob, 1803-1879enThe First Punic War -- Hannibal at Saguntum -- Opening of the Second Punic War -- The passage of the Rhone -- Hannibal crosses the Alps -- Hannibal in the north of Italy -- The Apennines -- The dictator Fabius -- The Battle of Cannae -- Scipio -- Hannibal a fugitive and an exile -- The destruction of Carthage.Hannibal, 247-182 B.C. -- Juvenile literature; Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C. -- Juvenile literature; Generals -- Tunisia -- Carthage (Extinct city) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C. -- Juvenile literature; Carthage (Extinct city) -- History -- Juvenile literature2008-12-17
Kansas Women in LiteratureBarker, Nettie GarmerenEFFIE 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 -- Biography2008-07-09
The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919enSoldiers -- United States -- Biography; World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia (Federation) -- Arkhangelʹsk; World War, 1914-1918 -- United States; Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920; Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Personal narratives, American; Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Participation, American2007-09-05
The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial AcademyFlickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846-enAlice Lee Elliott Memorial School -- History; Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen -- History; Freedmen -- Oklahoma -- History; African Americans -- Oklahoma -- History; African Americans -- Education -- Oklahoma -- History; Five Civilized Tribes -- History; Religion in the public schools -- United States -- History; Valliant (Okla.) -- History; Valliant (Okla.) -- Church history; Valliant (Okla.) -- Biography2007-11-04
Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865McCarthy, Carlton, 1847-enSheppard, William Ludwell, 1833-1912 [Illustrator]McCarthy, Carlton, 1847-; Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia -- Military life; Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories2008-05-26
Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592Acheson, Arthur, 1864-1930enShakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London; Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, Earl of, 1573-1624 -- Friends and associates; Florio, John, 1553?-1625 -- Friends and associates; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Falstaff; Dramatists, English -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London; Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography; Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character); London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 16th century2008-02-03
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the WarTownsend, George Alfred, 1841-1914enTownsend, George Alfred, 1841-1914; War correspondents -- United States -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; England -- Description and travel; Italy -- Description and travel2007-11-05
The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson In Which is Told the Part Taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern VirginiaMoore, Edward Alexander, 1842-enMoore, Edward Alexander, 1842-; Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863; Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery. Rockbridge Battery, 1st; Soldiers -- Virginia -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns2007-07-13
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de SeingaltCasanova, Giacomo, 1725-1798enCasanova at Dux -- Author's preface -- Translator's preface -- Childhood and adolescence -- A cleric in Naples -- Military career -- Return to Venice -- Milan and Mantua -- Paris -- Venice -- Convent affairs -- The false nun -- Under the leads -- Paris and Holland -- Return to Paris -- Holland and Germany -- Switzerland -- With Voltaire -- Depart Switzerland -- Return to Italy -- Return to Naples -- Back again to Paris -- Milan -- South of France -- To London -- The English -- London to Berlin -- Russia and Poland -- Spain -- Expelled from Spain -- Rome -- Florence to Trieste -- Old age and death.Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947 [Translator]Casanova, Giacomo, 1725-1798; Europe -- History -- 18th century -- Biography2004-11-11
The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other StoriesTwain, Mark, 1835-1910enThe 30,000 Dollar Bequest A Dog's Tale Was It Heaven? Or Hell? A Cure for the Blues The Enemy Conquered; or, Love Triumphant The Californian's Tale A Helpless Situation A Telephonic Conversation Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale The Five Boons of Life The First Writing-machines Italian without a Master Italian with Grammar A Burlesque Biography How to Tell a Story General Washington's Negro Body-servant Wit Inspirations of the "Two-year-olds" An Entertaining Article A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Amended Obituaries A Monument to Adam A Humane Word from Satan Introduction to "The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English" Advice to Little Girls Post-mortem Poetry The Danger of Lying in Bed Portrait of King William III Does the Race of Man Love a Lord? Extracts from Adam's Diary Eve's DiaryFiction; Short stories2004-09-14
Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil WarKidd, James Harvey, 1840-1913enKidd, James Harvey, 1840-1913; United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Brigade (1862-1865); Soldiers -- Michigan -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; Michigan -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories; Michigan -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives2009-08-04
Hospital SketchesAlcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888enUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 -- Career in nursing; Military nursing -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Nurses -- United States -- Biography; Military hospitals -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women; Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 19th century; Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century2003-03-01
EssaysMeynell, Alice Christiana Thompson, 1847-1922enWINDS AND WATERS: Ceres' Runaway -- Wells -- Rain -- The Tow Path -- The Tethered Constellations -- Rushes and Reeds -- IN A BOOK ROOM: A Northern Fancy -- Pathos -- Anima Pellegrina! -- A Point of Biography -- The Honours of Mortality -- Composure -- The Little Language -- A Counterchange -- Harlequin Mercutio -- COMMENTARIES: Laughter -- The Rhythm of Life -- Domus Angusta -- Innocence and Experience -- The Hours of Sleep -- Solitude -- Decivilized -- WAYFARING: The Spirit of Place -- Popular Burlesque -- Have Patience, Little Saint -- At Monastery Gates -- The Sea Wall -- ARTS: Tithonus -- Symmetry and Incident -- The Plaid -- The Flower -- Unstable Equilibrium -- Victorian Caricature -- The Point of Honour -- THE CHEARFUL LADIE OF THE LIGHT: The Colour of Life -- The Horizon -- In July -- Cloud -- Shadows -- WOMEN AND BOOKS: The Seventeenth Century -- Mrs. Dingley -- Prue -- Mrs. Johnson -- Madame Roland -- THE DARLING YOUNG: Fellow Travellers with a Bird -- The Child of Tumult -- The Child of Subsiding Tumult -- The Unready -- That Pretty Person -- Under the Early Stars -- The Illusion of Historic Time.English essays; English literature1998-08-01
Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief BiographiesBeach, Seth Curtis, 1837-1932enCatharine Maria Sedgwick, 1789-1867 -- Mary Lovell Ware, 1798-1849 -- Lydia Maria Child, 1802-1880 -- Dorothea Lynde Dix, 1802-1887 -- Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli, 1810-1850 -- Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1811-1896 -- Louisa May Alcott, 1832-1888.Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867; Ware, Mary Lovell (Pickard) 1798-1849; Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880; Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887; Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850; Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896; Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888; Women -- New England -- Biography2008-05-24
The Celtic TwilightYeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939enThis book -- A teller of tales -- Belief and unbelief -- Mortal help -- A visionary -- Village ghosts -- 'Dust hath closed Helen's eye' -- A knight of the sheep -- An enduring heart -- The sorcerers -- The devil -- Happy and unhappy theologians -- The last gleeman -- Regina, regina pigmeorum, veni -- 'And fair, fierce women' -- Enchanted woods -- Miraculous creatures -- Aristotle of the books -- The swine of the gods -- A voice -- Kidnappers -- The untiring ones -- Earth, fire and water -- The old town -- The man and his boots -- A coward -- The three O'Byrnes and the evil faeries -- Drumcliff and Rosses -- The thick skull of the fortunate -- The religion of a sailor -- Concerning the nearness together of heaven, earth, and purgatory -- The eaters of precious stones -- Our Lady of the hills -- The golden age -- A remonstrance with Scotsmen for having soured the disposition of their ghosts and faeries -- War -- The queen and the fool -- The friends of the people of faery -- Dreams that have no moral -- By the roadside -- Into the twilight.Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 -- Homes and haunts -- Ireland -- Sligo (County); Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 -- Childhood and youth; Tales -- Ireland -- Sligo (County); Poets, Irish -- Homes and haunts -- Ireland -- Sligo (County); Mythology, Celtic -- Ireland -- Sligo (County); Poets, Irish -- 19th century -- Biography; Folklore -- Ireland -- Sligo (County); Sligo (Ireland : County) -- Social life and customs2003-12-01




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