title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Shapes that Haunt the Dusk | | en | | The Christmas child / Georg Schock -- The white sleep of Auber Hurn / Richard Rice -- In tenebras / Howard Pyle -- The little room / Madelene Yale Wynne -- The bringing of the rose / Harriet Lewis Bradley -- Perdita / Hildegarde Hawthorne -- At La Glorieuse / M.E.M. Davis -- A faded scapular / F.D. Millet -- At the hermitage / E. Levi Brown -- The reprisal / H.W. McVickar. | | | 2008-11-28 |
Down the Chimney | Knapp, Shepherd | en | | | | Christmas plays; Children's plays | 2005-01-24 |
Up the Chimney | Knapp, Shepherd | en | | | | Christmas plays; Children's plays | 2005-01-24 |
The Lost Child | Coppée, François, 1842-1908 | en | | | Matthewman, J. [Translator] | Fathers and sons -- Fiction; Poor -- Fiction; Christmas stories; Rich people -- Fiction; Short stories; Paris (France) -- Fiction | 2007-10-17 |
Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories | Harte, Bret, 1836-1902 | en | | Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands -- How Santa Claus Came To Simpson's Bar -- The Princess Bob And Her Friends -- The Iliad Of Sandy Bar -- Mr. Thompson's Prodigal -- The Romance Or Madrono Hollow -- The Poet Of Sierra Flat -- The Christmas Gift That Came To Rupert | | American fiction -- 19th century; Short stories | 2006-05-22 |
News from the Duchy | Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944 | en | | Pipes in Arcady -- Our Lady of Gwithian -- Pilot Matthey's Christmas -- The Mont-Bazillac -- The Three Necklaces -- The Wren -- Not Here, O Apollo -- Fiat Justitia Ruat Solum -- The Honour of the Ship -- Lieutenant Lapenotiere -- The Cask Ashore -- Ye Sexes, Give Ear -- Frenchman's Creek | | | 2006-06-13 |
Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 | Various | en | | Marse chain, by Page
Mr. Bixby's Christmas visitor, by Gage
Eli, by White
Young Strong of "the Clarion", by Shinn
How old Wiggins wore ship, by Coffin
"--Mas has come", by Kip. | | Short stories, American; United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 2010-02-06 |
Patty's Success | Wells, Carolyn, 1862-1942 | en | | | | Girls -- Juvenile fiction; Christmas stories; Family -- Juvenile fiction; Artists -- Juvenile fiction | 2008-06-21 |
The Grey Woman and other Tales | Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 | en | | The grey woman -- Curious if true -- Six weeks at Heppenheim -- Libbie Marsh's three eras -- Christmas storms and sunshine -- Hand and heart -- Bessy's troubles at home -- Disappearances. | | England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Short stories | 2009-04-29 |
Janice Day at Poketown | Long, Helen Beecher | en | | | | Christmas stories; Young women -- Juvenile fiction; Families -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-11-01 |
A Lover in Homespun
And Other Stories | Smith, F. Clifford (Frank Clifford), 1865-1937 | en | | A Lover in Homespun — The Faith that Removes Mountains — A Pair of Boots — A Prairie Episode — A Daughter of the Church — A Perilous Encounter — Le Loup-Garou — A Christmas Adventure — Narcisse's Friend — A Strange Presentiment — A Memorable Dinner. | | | 2005-10-12 |
The Old Peabody Pew | Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923 | en | | | | Christmas stories; Christian fiction; Country life -- Fiction; Church buildings -- Fiction | 1999-09-01 |
Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches | Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885 | en | | Taking comfort -- Children: a family scene -- Losing one's temper -- Trouble with servants -- Haven't the change -- Old maids' children -- The mother and boy -- The Christmas party -- Is she a lady? -- Going into mourning -- If that were my child -- I will! -- A mother's influence -- The power of patience -- An old man's recollections. | | | 2003-11-01 |
Little Tales of The Desert | Foster, Ethel Twycross | en | | Christmas on the desert -- Trade rats -- A chat with Mrs. Cottontail -- Rabbits and cactus burrs -- The dangerous pet -- A visit to Palm Springs -- The road-runner -- A strange capture -- A desert May party. | Villa, Hernando G. [Illustrator] | Deserts -- Juvenile fiction; Arizona -- Juvenile fiction | 2009-12-15 |
The Freedom of Life | Call, Annie Payson, 1853-1940 | en | | The freedom of life -- How to sleep restfully -- Resistance -- Hurry, worry, and irritability -- Nervous fears -- Self-consciousness -- The circumstances of life -- Other people -- Human sympathy -- Personal independence -- Self-control -- The religion of it -- About Christmas -- To mothers. | | | 2003-08-01 |
The Young Mountaineers
Short Stories | Murfree, Mary Noailles, 1850-1922 | en | | The mystery of old Daddy's window -- 'Way down in Poor Valley -- A mountain storm -- Borrowing a hammer -- The Conscripts' Hollow -- A warning -- Among the cliffs -- In the "chinking" -- On a higher level -- Christmas Day on Old Windy Mountain. | Fraser, Malcolm [Illustrator] | | 2007-01-15 |
The Magic Egg and Other Stories | Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902 | en | | The magic egg -- His wife's deceased sister -- The widow's cruise -- Captain Eli's best ear -- Love before breakfast -- The staying power of Sir Rohan -- A piece of red calico -- The Christmas wreck -- My well and what came out of it -- Mr. Tolman -- My unwilling neighbor -- Our archery club. | | Short stories; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction | 1996-02-01 |
Christmas Light | Phillips, Ethel Calvert | en | | | | | 2008-12-25 |
Young Lucretia and Other Stories | Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930 | en | | Young Lucretia -- How Fidelia Went to the Store -- Ann Mary; Her Two Thanksgivings -- Ann Lizy's Patchwork -- The Little Persian Princess -- Where the Christmas-Tree Grew -- Where Sarah Jane's Doll Went -- Seventoes' Ghost -- Little Mirandy, and How She Earned Her Shoes -- A Parsnip Stew -- The Dickey Boy -- A Sweet-Grass Basket -- Mehitable Lamb | | | 2006-11-11 |
The Hills of Hingham | Sharp, Dallas Lore, 1870-1929 | en | | The hills of Hingham -- The open fire -- The ice crop -- Seed catalogues -- The dustless-duster -- Spring ploughing -- Mere beans -- A pilgrim from Dubuque -- The honey flow -- A pair of pigs -- Leafing -- The little foxes -- Our calendar -- The field of fodder -- Going back to town -- The Christmas tree. | | | 2006-06-23 |
The Burial of the Guns | Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922 | en | | My Cousin Fanny -- The Burial of the Guns -- The Gray Jacket of "No. 4" -- Miss Dangerlie's Roses -- How the Captain Made Christmas -- Little Darby. | | Short stories; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction | 2008-07-02 |
If, Yes and Perhaps
Four Possibilities and Six Exaggerations with Some Bits of Fact | Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909 | en | | The children of the public -- A piece of possible history -- The South American editor -- The old and the new, face to face -- The dot and line alphabet -- The last voyage of the Resolute -- My double, and how he undid me -- The man without a country -- The last of the Florida -- The skeleton in the closet -- Christmas waits in Boston. | | United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Short stories, American | 2009-03-21 |
Heart of the West | Henry, O., 1862-1910 | en | | Hearts and Crosses — The Ransom of Mack — Telemachus, Friend — The Handbook of Hymen — The Pimienta Pancakes — Seats of the Haughty — Hygeia at the Solito — An Afternoon Miracle — The Higher Abdication — Cupid a la Carte — The Caballero's Way — The Sphinx Apple — The Missing Chord — A Call Loan — The Princess and the Puma — The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson — Christmas by Injunction — A Chaparral Prince — The Reformation of Calliope. | | Fiction; Short stories | 2004-07-27 |
The Little Mixer | Shearon, Lillian Nicholson | en | | | | Religion -- Juvenile fiction; Christmas -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-06-14 |
The heart of happy hollow
A collection of stories | Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 | en | | The Scapegoat -- One Christmas at Shiloh -- The Mission of Mr. Scatters -- A Matter of Doctrine -- Old Abe's Conversion -- The Race Question -- A Defender Of The Faith -- Cahoots -- The Promoter -- The Wisdom of Silence -- The Triumph of Ol' Mis' Pease -- The Lynching of Jube Benson -- Schwalliger's Philanthropy -- The Interference of Patsy Ann -- The Home-Coming of 'Rastus Smith -- The Boy and the Bayonet. | | African Americans -- Fiction; Short stories | 2008-02-29 |