title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
The Curious Republic of Gondour, and Other Whimsical Sketches | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | The curious republic of Gondour -- A memory -- Introductory to "Memoranda" -- About smells -- A couple of sad experiences -- Dan Murphy -- The "Tournament" in A.D. 1870 -- Curious relic for sale -- A reminiscence of the back settlements -- A royal compliment -- The approaching epidemic -- The tone imparting committee -- Our precious lunatic -- The European war -- The wild man interviewed -- Last words of great men. | | Essays; Short stories | 2004-09-17 |
Curious, if True
Strange Tales | Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 | en | | The old nurse's story -- The Poor Clare -- Lois the Witch -- The Grey Woman -- Curious, if true. | | Horror tales; Curiosities and wonders -- Fiction; Short stories | 2008-03-19 |
In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious | Vincent, W.T. (William Thomas) | en | | | | | 2004-07-21 |
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days | Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 | en | | | | | 2010-09-27 |
The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck
A Scandal of the XVIIth Century | Longueville, Thomas | en | | | | | 2005-03-04 |
The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements
Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts | Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1822-1898 | en | | | | New England -- Social life and customs; Advertising | 2007-06-04 |
The City Curious | Bosschère, Jean de, 1878-1953 | en | | | | | 2010-05-17 |
The Curious Book of Birds | Brown, Abbie Farwell, 1871-1927 | en | | | Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd), 1860-1943 [Illustrator] | | 2005-06-27 |
Tales of the Jazz Age | Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 | en | | The jelly-bean -- The camel's back -- May Day -- Porcelain and pink -- The diamond as big as the Ritz -- The curious case of Benjamin Button -- Tarquin of Cheapside -- "O Russet witch!" -- The lees of happiness -- Mr. Icky -- Jemina. | | | 2004-10-01 |
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 |
When God Laughs: and other stories | London, Jack, 1876-1916 | en | | When God laughs -- The apostate -- A wicked woman -- Just meat -- Created He them -- The Chinago -- Make westing -- Semper idem -- A nose for the king -- The "Francis Spaight" -- A curious fragment -- A piece of steak | | American fiction -- 20th century; Short stories | 2001-03-01 |
What Is Man? and Other Essays | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | What is man? -- The death of Jean -- The turning-point of my life -- How to make history dates stick -- The memorable assassination -- A scrap of curious history -- Switzerland, the cradle of liberty -- At the Shrine of St. Wagner -- William Dean Howells -- English as she is taught -- A simplified alphabet -- As concerns interpreting the Deity -- Concerning tobacco -- The bee -- Taming the bicycle -- Is Shakespeare dead? | | | 2004-09-13 |
The Pleasures of Ignorance | Lynd, Robert, 1879-1949 | en | | The pleasures of ignorance -- The herring fleet -- The betting man -- The hum of insects -- Cats -- May -- New Year prophecies -- On knowing the difference -- The intellectual side of horse-racing -- Why we hate insects -- Virtue -- June -- On feeling gay -- In the train -- The most curious animal -- The old indifference -- Eggs: an Easter homily -- Enter the spring -- The daredevil barber -- Weeds: an appreciation -- A juror in waiting -- The three-halfpenny bit -- The morals of beans -- On seeing a joke -- Going to the derby -- This blasted world. | | | 2004-09-12 |