| title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
| The Best Short Stories of 1920
and the Yearbook of the American Short Story | | en | | The other woman / Sherwood Anderson -- Gargoyle / Edwina Stanton Babcock -- Ghitza / Konrad Bercovici -- The life of five points / Edna Clare Bryner -- The signal tower / Wadsroth Camp -- The parting genius / Helen Oale Crew -- Habakkuk / Katharine Fullerton Gerould -- The judgment of Vulcan / Lee Foster Hartman -- The stick-in-the-muds / Rupert Hughes -- His job / Grace Sartwell Mason -- The rending / James Oppenheim -- The dummy-chucker / Arthur Somers Roche -- Butterflies / Rose Sidney -- The rotter / Fleta Campbel Springer -- Out of exile / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- The three telegrams / Ethel Storm -- The Roman bath / John T. Wheelwright -- Amazement / Stephen French Whitman -- Sheener / Ben Ames Williams -- Turkey red / Frances Gilchrist Wood. | O'Brien, Edward Joseph Harrington, 1890-1941 [Editor] | Short stories, American; American fiction -- 20th century | 2007-07-17 |
| Holiday Stories for Young People | Various | en | | The Clover Leaf Club of Bloomingdale. By Sangster -- The Lighthouse Lamp. By Sangster. -- The Family Mail-bag. By Porter -- A Day's Fishing. By Porter -- Why Charlie Didn't Go. By Porter -- Uncle Giles' Paint Brush. By Porter -- The Pied Piper of Hamelin. By Browning -- A Girl Graduate. By Barnard -- A Christmas Frolic. By Sangster -- Archie's Vacation. By Porter -- A Birthday Story. By Sangster -- A Coquette. By Pierce -- Horatius. By Macaulay -- A Bit of Brightness. By Porter -- How Sammy Earned the Prize. By Sangster -- The Glorious Fourth. -- The Middle Daughter. By Sangster -- The Golden Bird. By Grimm -- Harry Pemberton's Text. By Armstrong -- Our Cats. -- Outovplace. -- The Boy Who Dared to Be a Daniel. By Smith -- Little Redcap. By Grimm -- New Zealand Children. -- The Breeze from the Peak. -- The Bremen Town Musicians. By Grimm -- A Very Queer Steed, and Some Strange Adventures. by Armstrong -- Freedom's Silent Host. By Sangster -- Presence of Mind. By Sangster -- The Boy Who Went from the Sheepfold to the Throne. By Sangster. | Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth, 1838-1912 [Editor] | | 2005-09-04 |
| The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01
Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. | | en | | The Life of Goethe. By Calvin Thomas -- Greeting and Departure. -- The Heathrose. -- Mahomet's Song. -- Prometheus. -- The Wanderer's Night-Song. -- The Sea-Voyage. -- To the Moon. -- The Fisherman. -- The Wanderer's Night-Song. -- The Erl-King. -- The Godlike. -- Mignon. -- Proximity of the Beloved One. -- The Shepherd's Lament. -- Nature and Art -- Comfort in Tears. -- Epilog to Schiller's "Song of the Bell." -- Ergo Bibamus. -- The Walking Bell. -- Found. -- Hatem. -- Reunion. -- Procemion. -- The One and The All. -- Lines on Seeing Schiller's Skull. -- A Legacy. -- Introduction to Hermann and Dorothea. By Arthur H. Palmer -- Harmann and Dorothea. -- Introduction to Iphigenia in Tauris. By Arthur H. Palmer -- Iphigenia in Tauris. -- The Faust Legend from Marlowe to Goethe. By Kuno Francke -- Introduction to Faust. by Calvin Thomas -- Faust (Part I & II). | Francke, Kuno, 1855-1930 [Editor] | | 2004-02-01 |
| Steep Trails
California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon | Muir, John, 1838-1914 | en | | Wild wool -- A geologist's winter walk -- Summer days at Mount Shasta -- A perilous night on Shasta's summit -- Shasta rambles and Modoc memories -- The city of the Saints -- A great storm in Utah -- Bathing in Salt Lake-- Mormon lilies -- The San Gabriel Valley -- The San Gabriel Mountains -- Nevada farms -- Nevada forests -- Nevada's timber belt -- Glacial phenomena in Nevada -- Nevada's dead towns -- Puget Sound -- The forests of Washington --People and towns of Puget Sound -- An ascent of Mount Rainier -- The physical and climatic characteristics of Oregon -- The forests of Oregon and their inhabitants -- The rivers of Oregon -- The Grand Canyon of the Colorado. | Badè, William Frederic, 1871-1936 [Editor] | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Shasta, Mount (Calif. : Mountain); Forests and forestry -- West (U.S.) | 1995-09-01 |
| The Green Fairy Book | | en | | The Blue Bird -- The Half-Chick -- The Story of Caliph Stork -- The Enchanted Watch -- Rosanella -- Sylvain and Jocosa -- Fairy Gifts -- Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla -- Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine -- The Three Little Pigs -- Heart of Ice -- The Enchanted Ring -- The Snuff-box -- The Golden Blackbird -- The Little Soldier -- The Magic Swan -- The Dirty Shepherdess -- The Enchanted Snake -- The Biter Bit -- King Kojata -- Prince Fickle and Fair Helena -- Puddocky -- The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarfs -- The Story of the Three Bears -- Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida -- Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes -- Jorinde and Joringel -- Allerleirauh; or, the Many-furred Creature -- The Twelve Huntsmen -- Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle -- The Crystal Coffin -- The Three Snake-leaves -- The Riddle -- Jack my Hedgehog -- The Golden Lads -- The White Snake -- The Story of a Clever Tailor -- The Golden Mermaid -- The War of the Wolf and the Fox -- The Story of the Fisherman and his Wife -- The Three Musicians -- The Three Dogs. | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 [Editor] | | 2005-01-01 |
| The Best Short Stories of 1917
and the Yearbook of the American Short Story | | en | | Excursion / Edwina Stanton Babcock -- Onnie / Thomas Beer -- Cup of tea / Maxwell Struthers Burt -- Lonely places / Francis Buzzell -- Boys will be boys / Irvin S. Cobb -- Laughter / Charles Caldwell Dobie -- Emperor of Elam / H.G. Dwight -- Gay old dog / Edna Ferber -- Knight's move / Katharine Fullerton Gerould -- Jury of her peers / Susan Glaspell -- Bunker mouse / Frederick Stuart Greene -- Rainbow Pete / Richard Matthews Hallet -- Get ready the wreaths / Fannie Hurst -- Strange looking man / Fanny Kemble Johnson --Caller in the night / Burton Kline -- Interval / Vincent O'Sullivan -- Certain rich man / Lawrence Perry -- Path of glory / Mary Brecht Pulver -- Ching, ching, chinaman / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- None so blind / Mary Synon. | O'Brien, Edward Joseph Harrington, 1890-1941 [Editor] | American fiction -- 20th century; Short stories, American | 2007-03-22 |
| The Best Short Stories of 1919
and the Yearbook of the American Short Story | | en | | The kitchen gods / G.F. Alsop -- An awakening / Sherwood Anderson -- Willum's vanilla / Edwina Stanton Babcock -- A night among the horses / Djuna Barnes -- Long, long ago / Frederick Orin Bartlett -- Dishes / Agnes Mary Brownell -- The blood-red one / Maxwell Struthers Burt -- The wedding-jest / James Branch Cabell -- The wrists on the door / Horace Fish -- "Government goat" / Susan Glaspell -- The stone / Henry Goodman -- To the bitter end / Richard Matthews Hallet -- The Meeker ritual / Joseph Hergesheimer -- The centenarian / Will E. Ingersoll -- Messengers / Calvin Johnston -- Mrs. Drainger's veil / Howard Mumford Jones -- Under a wine-glass / Ellen N. La Motte -- A thing of beauty / Elias Lieberman -- The other room / Mary Heaton Vorse -- "The fat of the land" / Anzia Yezierska. | O'Brien, Edward Joseph Harrington, 1890-1941 [Editor] | Short stories, American; American fiction -- 20th century | 2007-11-11 |
| Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know | | en | | The Kingdom of the Greedy. By Stahl -- Thankful. By Freeman -- Beetle Ring's Thanksgiving Mascot. By Stoddard -- Mistress Esteem Elliott's Molasses Cake. By Clark -- The First Thanksgiving. By Blaisdell and Ball -- Thanksgiving at Todd's Asylum. By Packard -- How We Kept Thanksgiving at Oldtown. By Stowe -- Wishbone Valley. By Munkittrick -- Patem's Salmagundi. By Brooks -- Miss November's Dinner Party. By Carr -- The Visit. By Lindsay -- The Story of Ruth and Naomi. Adapted from the Bible -- Bert's Thanksgiving. By Trowbridge -- A Thanksgiving Story. By Pingree -- John Inglefield's Thanksgiving. By Hawthorne -- How Obadiah Brought About a Thanksgiving. By Leland -- The White Turkey's Wing. By Swet -- The Thanksgiving Goose. By Brown -- An English Dinner of Thanksgiving. By Eliot -- A Novel Postman. By Wheildon -- Ezra's Thanksgivin' Out West. By Field -- Chip's Thanksgiving. By Donnell -- The Master of the Harvest. By Gatty -- A Thanksgiving Dinner. By Brett -- Two Old Boys. By Colyar -- A Thanksgiving Dinner That Flew Away. By Butterworth -- Mon-daw-min. By Schoolcraft -- A Mystery in the Kitchen. By Miller -- Who Ate the Dolly's Dinner? By Curtis -- An Old-fashioned Thanksgiving. By Cooke -- 1800 and Froze to Death. By Stephens. | Dickinson, Asa Don, 1876-1960 [Editor] | | 2006-11-23 |
| The Poetical Works of John Milton | Milton, John, 1608-1674 | en | | PREFACE by the Rev. H. C. Beeching, M. A.
THE STATIONER TO THE READER.
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
ON THE MORNING OF CHRISTS NATIVITY. / Compos'd 1629.
The Hymn.
THE PASSION.
On Time.
UPON THE CIRCUMCISION.
AT A SOLEMN MUSICK.
AN EPITAPH ON THE MARCHIONESS OF WINCHESTER.
SONG ON MAY MORNING.
ON SHAKESPEAR. 1630.
ANOTHER ON THE SAME.
L'ALLEGRO.
IL PENSEROSO.
SONNETS.
ARCADES.
LYCIDAS.
A MASK PRESENTED At LUDLOW-Castle, 1634. &c.
POEMS ADDED IN THE 1673 EDITION.
SONNETS.
On the new forcers of Conscience under the Long PARLIAMENT.
ON THE LORD GEN. FAIRFAX AT THE SEIGE OF COLCHESTER.
TO SR HENRY VANE THE YOUNGER.
TO MR. CYRIACK SKINNER UPON HIS BLINDNESS.
COLLECTION OF PASSAGES TRANSLATED IN THE PROSE WRITINGS.
[From Of Reformation in England, 1641.]
[From Reason of Church Government, 1641.]
[From Apology for Smectymnuus, 1642.]
[From Areopagitica, 1644.]
[From Tetrachordon, 1645.]
[From The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, 1649.]
[From History of Britain, 1670.]
PARADISE LOST.
PARADISE REGAIN'D.
SAMSON AGONISTES
The ARGUMENT.
APPENDIX.
ON TIME | Beeching, H. C. (Henry Charles), 1859-1919 [Editor] | | 1999-05-01 |
| 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 German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10
Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle | | en | | Bismarck as a National Type. By Kuno Francke. -- The Love Letters of Bismarck. -- Correspondence of William I. and Bismarck. -- From "Thoughts and Recollections." -- Bismarck as an Orator. By Edmund von Mach. -- Bismarck: Professorial Politics -- Speech from the Throne -- Alsace-Lorraine a Glacis Against France -- We Shall Never Go to Canossa! -- Bismarck as the "Honest Broker" -- Salus Publica--Bismarck's Only Lode-Star -- Practical Christianity -- We Germans Fear God, and Nought Else in the World -- Mount the Guards at the Warthe and the Vistula! -- Long Live the Emperor and the Empire! -- The Life of Moltke. By Karl Detlev Jessen. -- von Moltke: The Political and Military Conditions of the Ottoman Empire in 1836. -- A Trip to Brussa. -- A Journey to Mossul. -- A Bullfight in Spain. -- Description of Moscow. -- The Peace Movement. -- Fighting on the Frontier. -- Battle of Gravelotte--St. Privat. -- Consolatory Thoughts on the Earthly Life and a Future Existence. -- The Life and Work of Ferdinand Lassalle. By Arthur N. Holcombe. -- Lassalle: The Workingmen's Programme. -- Science and the Workingmen. -- Open Letter to the Central Committee. | Francke, Kuno, 1855-1930 [Editor] | | 2004-07-30 |
| The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) | Various | en | | A Ballade of Ping-Pong, by Noble -- The Boat that Ain't, by Irwin -- Budge and Toddie, by Habberton -- A Cavalier's Valentine, by Scollard -- Conscientious Curate and the Beauteous Ballet Girl, by Rose -- The Country School, by Anonymous -- Evan Anderson's Poker Party, by Stevenson -- The Experiences of Gentle Jane, by Wells -- A Few Reflections, by Arp -- A Great Celebrator, by Nye -- The Gusher, by Loomis -- He Wanted to Know, by Foss -- The Hoss, by Riley -- How I Spoke the Word, by Stanton -- How Jimaboy Found Himself, by Lynde -- How the Money Goes, by Saxe -- "Hullo!", by Foss -- The Lugubrious Whing-Whang, by Riley -- The Millionaires, by Adeler -- The Mystery of Gilgal, by Hay -- Natural Philosophy, by Drummond -- The Nine Little Goblins, by Riley -- The Old-Fashioned Choir, by Taylor -- Our Polite Parents, by Wells -- Our Very Wishes, by Spofford -- A Reflective Retrospect, by Saxe -- A Rule of Three, byRice -- The Runaway Toys, by Stanton -- Soldier, Rest!, by Burdette -- The Tale of the Tangled Telegram, by Nesbit -- A Threnody, by Lanigan -- Tim Flannigan's Mistake, by Amsbary -- The University Intelligence Office, by Bangs -- The Warrior, by Field -- When Doctors Disagree, by Kiser -- When the Little Boy Ran Away, by Stanton -- The Widow Bedott's Visitor, by Whicher. | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2008-01-26 |
| The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) | Various | en | | A Boston Ballad, by Whitman -- A Branch Library, by Flagg -- The Chief Mate, by Lowell -- Columbia and the Cowboy, by MacGowan -- A Daniel Come to Judgment, by Cooke -- Darius Green and His Flying Machine, by Trowbridge -- "The Day is Done", by Cary -- Dictum Sapienti by Paul -- The Duluth Speech, by Knott -- The Enchanted Hat, by MacGrath -- Eve's Daughter, by Sill -- Fate, by Munkittrick -- The Final Choice, by Cooke -- The Forbearance of the Admiral, by Irwin -- The Gentle Art of Boosting, by Bangs -- The Girl and the Julep, by Hough -- Grandfather Squeers, by Riley -- Guest at the Ludlow, by Nye -- Hard, by Masson -- Hon. Ranson Peabody, by Ade -- Icarus, by Saxe -- Is it I? by Price -- Johnny's Lessons, by Rankin -- Kaiser's Farewell to Prince Henry, by Taylor -- The Life Elixir of Marthy, by Neff -- Litigation, by Arp -- Mr. Carteret and His Fellow Americans Abroad, by Gray -- Mr. Dooley on Golf, by Dunne -- Niagara be Dammed, by Irwin -- Not According to Schedule, by Cutting -- Nothing to Wear, by Butler -- One of the Palls, by Robinson -- Paper: A Poem, by Franklin -- The Road to a Woman's Heart, by Slick -- The Sceptics, by Carman -- A Staccato to O Le Lupe, by Carman -- Table Manners, by Flagg -- The V-A-S-E, by Roche -- Vive la Bagatelle, by Scollard -- When the Sirup's on the Flapjack, by Taylor. | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2008-01-26 |
| The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) | Various | en | | Alphabet of Celebrities, by Herford -- Assault and Battery, by Baldwin -- The Associated Widows, by Roof -- Bill Nations, by Arp -- The Brakeman at Church, by Burdette -- Breitmann and the Turners, by Leland -- By Bay and Sea, by Bangs -- The Camp-Meeting, by Hall -- The Critic, by Lampton -- A Cupid, A Crook, by Townsend -- The Dubious Future, by Nye -- An Educational Project, by Greene -- Fable, by Emerson -- The Goat, by Munkittrick -- The Happy Land, by Batchelder -- He and She, by Ironquill -- Holly Song, by Scollard -- How Mr. Terrapin Lost His Beard, by Culbertson -- How Mr. Terrapin Lost His Plumage and Whistle, by Culbertson -- In Defense of an Offering, by Ford -- It is Time to Begin to Conclude, by Laidlaw -- Jack Balcomb's Pleasant Ways, by Nicholson -- The Lost Inventor, by Irwin -- Margins, by Burdette -- My Cigarette, by Lummis -- Nonsense Verses, by Burgess -- Notary of Perigueux, by Longfellow -- Nothin' Done, by Stinson -- Omar in the Klondyke, by Sutherland -- The Prayer of Cyrus Brown, by Foss -- A Rhyme for Christmas, by Challing -- The Siege of Djklxprwbz, by Ironquill -- The Skeleton in the Closet, by Hale -- Songs Without Words, by Burdette -- Talk, by Paul -- Triolets -- Two Cases of Grip, by Quad -- Utah, by Field -- The Wicked Zebra, by Batchelder -- Winter Fancy, by Munkittrick -- What She Said About It, by Paul -- The Woman-Hater Reformed, by Greene -- Women and Bargains, by Allen. | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2006-09-18 |
| The Haunters & The Haunted
Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural | Various | en | | The fall of the house of Usher -- The old nurse's story -- The superstitious Man's story -- A story of Ravenna -- Teig O'Kane and the corpse -- The haunted and the haunters: or the house and the brain -- The Botathen ghost -- The ghost of Lord Clarenceux -- Dr Duthoit's vision -- The seven lights -- The spectral coach of Blackadon -- Drake's drum -- The spectre bridegroom -- The pool in the graveyard -- The Lianhan Shee -- The haunted cove -- Wandering Willie's tale -- Glamis castle -- Powys castle -- Croglin grange -- The ghost of Major Sydenham -- The miraculous case of Jesch Claes -- The radiant boy of Corby castle -- Clerk Saunders -- Dorothy Durant -- Pearlin Jean -- The Denton Hall ghost -- The Goodwood ghost story -- Captain Wheatcroft -- The iron cage -- The ghost of Rosewarne -- The iron chest of Durley -- The strange case of M. Bezuel -- The Marquis de Rambouillet -- The Altheim revenant -- Sertorius and his hind -- Erochtho -- Patroklos -- Vision of Cromwell -- Lord Strafford's warning -- Kotter's red circle -- The vision of Charles XI. of Sweden -- Ben Jonson's prevision -- Queen Ulrica -- Denis Misanger -- The pied piper -- Jeanne d'Arc -- Anne Walker -- The hand of glory -- The bloody footstep -- The ghostly warriors of Worms -- The wandering Jew in England -- Bendith Eu Mammau -- The red book of Appin -- The good O'Donoghue -- Sarah Polgrain -- Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester. | Rhys, Ernest, 1859-1946 [Editor] | | 2006-03-09 |
| The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) | Various | en | | An April Aria, by Munkittrick -- "As Good as a Play", by Scudder -- The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, by Holmes -- The Briefless Barrister, by Saxe -- A Cable-Car Preacher, by Foss -- Cæsar's Quiet Lunch with Cicero, by Fields -- Cheer for the Consumer, by Waterman -- Comin' Home Thanksgivin', by Naylor -- A Complaint of Friends, by Hamilton -- The Coupon Bonds, by Trowbridge -- Crankidoxology, by Irwin -- Desolation, by Masson -- A Desperate Race, by Kelley -- De Stove Pipe Hole, by Drummond -- The Economical Pair, by Wells -- The Family Horse, by Cozzens -- Girl from Mercury, by Vielé -- The Grand Opera, by Baxter -- The Greco-Trojan Game, by Johnson -- How to Know the Wild Animals, by Wells -- How We Bought a Sewin' Machine and Organ, by Allen -- I Remember, I Remember, by Cary -- In a State of Sin, by Wister -- The Loafer and the Squire, by Crayon -- The Love Sonnets of a Husband, by Smiley -- Meditations of a Mariner, by Irwin -- A Modern Advantage, by Becker -- A Modern Eclogue, by Carman -- My Honey, My Love, by Harris -- Ponchus Pilut, by Riley -- Praise-God Barebones, by Cortissoz -- The Raggedy Man, by Riley -- The Shooting-Match, by Longstreet -- Sonnet of the Lovable Lass and the Plethoric Dad, by Foley -- Story of the Two Friars, by Field -- The Two Husbands, by Wells -- The Two Pedestrians, by Wells -- The Two Prisoners, by Wells -- Victory, by Masson -- The Wolf at Susan's Door, by Warner. | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2006-07-07 |
| The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) | Various | en | | An Arkansas Planter, by Read -- The Auto Rubaiyat, by Kauffman -- A Ballade of the "How To" Books, by Davies -- The Bohemians of Boston, by Burgess -- The Courtin', by Lowell -- The Crimson Cord, by Butler -- The Diamond Wedding, by Stedman -- Dislikes, by Holmes -- A Dos't o' Blues, by Riley -- The Dying Gag, by Ford -- Elizabeth Eliza Writes a Paper, by Hale -- Garden Ethics, by Warner -- The Genial Idiot Suggests a Comic Opera, by Bangs -- Hans Breitmann's Party, by Leland -- The Hired Hand and "Ha'nts," by Laughlin -- In Elizabeth's Day, by Rice -- In Philistia, by Carman -- A Letter from Home, by Irwin -- The Little Mock-Man, by Riley -- Little Orphant Annie, by Riley -- Mammy's Lullaby, by Gillilan -- Maxioms, by Wells -- Morris and the Honorable Tim, by Kelly -- Mr. Stiver's Horse, by Bailey -- My First Visit to Portland, by Downing -- My Sweetheart, by Peck -- The New Version, by Lampton -- Our New Neighbors at Ponkapog, by Aldrich -- The Plaint of Jonah, by Burdette -- The Retort, by Morris -- The Rhyme of the Chivalrous Shark, by Irwin -- Rollo Learning to Read, by Burdette -- Selecting the Faculty, by Hall -- Southern Sketches, by Arp -- The Tower of London, by Ward -- A Traveled Donkey, by Taylor -- The Tree-Toad, by Riley -- The Two Automobilists, by Wells -- The Two Business Men, by Wells -- The Two Housewives, by Wells -- The Two Ladies, by Wells -- The Two Young Men, by Wells -- Uncle Simon and Uncle Jim, by Ward -- Wamsley's Automatic Pastor, by Crane -- Wild Animals I Have Met, by Wells. | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2006-07-01 |
| The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) | Various | en | | Abou Ben Butler, by Paul -- At Aunty's House, by Riley -- Bill's Courtship, by Stanton -- A Bully Boat and a Brag Captain, by Smith -- A Committee from Kelly's, by Belden -- The Co-operative Housekeepers, by Flower -- The Drayman, by O'Connell -- The Dutiful Mariner, by Irwin -- Especially Men, by Chester -- Farewell, by Taylor -- The Funny Little Fellow, by Riley -- Going Up and Coming Down, by Tucker -- Have You Seen the Lady?, by Sousa -- Her "Angel" Father, by Flower -- The Itinerant Tinker, by Macauley -- It Pays to be Happy, by Masson -- Latter-Day Warnings, by Holmes -- Lectures on Astronomy, by Phoenix -- A Letter from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son, by Lorimer -- The Marriage of Sir John Smith, by Cary -- Melinda's Humorous Story, by McHenry -- Miss Legion, by Taylor -- The Mosquito, by Bryant -- Mr. Dooley on Expert Testimony, by Dunne -- Mr. Hare Tries to Get a Wife, by Culbertson -- Musical Review Extraordinary, by Phoenix -- My First Cigar, by Burdette -- My Ruthers, by Riley -- A Night in a Rocking-Chair, by Field -- Old Grimes, by Greene -- A Piano in Arkansas, by Thorpe -- Quit Yo' Worryin', by Culbertson -- Rollo Learning to Play, by Burdette -- The Runaway Boy, by Riley -- The Set of China, by Leslie -- Simon Starts in the World, by Hooper -- The Spring Beauties, by Cone -- The Strike of One, by Flower -- Suppressed Chapters, by Wells -- Tiddle-Iddle-Iddle-Iddle-Bum! Bum!, by Nesbit -- Whar Dem Sinful Apples Grow, by Culbertson -- Willy and the Lady, by Burgess -- The Woman Who Married an Owl, by Culbertson. | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2006-09-18 |
| Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor
Volume I | Various | en | | IRVING -- Wouter Van Twiller -- Wilhelmus Kieft -- Peter Stuyvesant -- Antony Van Corlear -- General Van Poffenburgh -- FRANKLIN Maxims -- Model of a Letter of Recommendation of a Person You Are Unacquainted with -- Epitaph for Himself -- BUTLER Nothing to Wear -- BEECHER Deacon Marble -- The Deacon's Trout -- The Dog Noble and the Empty Hole -- GREENE Old Grimes -- HOLMES My Aunt -- The Deacon's Masterpiece; or, the Wonderful -- "One-hoss Shay" -- Foreign Correspondence -- Music-Pounding -- The Ballad of the Oysterman -- WILLIS Miss Albina McLush -- Love in a Cottage -- PALMER A Smack in School -- SHILLABER ("Mrs. Partington") -- Fancy Diseases -- Bailed Out -- Seeking a Comet -- Going to California -- Mrs. Partington in Court -- SILL Five Lives -- FIELDS The Owl-Critic -- The Alarmed Skipper -- HAY Little Breeches -- SHAW ("Josh Billings") Natral and Unnatral Aristokrats -- LOWELL The Yankee Recruit -- What Mr. Robinson Thinks -- WARNER My Summer in a Garden -- COZZENS Living in the Country -- LELAND Hans Breitmann's Party -- WHICHER Tim Crane and the Widow -- SAXE The Stammering Wife -- KELLEY ("Parmenas Mix") He Came to Pay -- HOLLEY A Pleasure Exertion -- STEDMAN The Diamond Wedding -- MISCELLANEOUS Why He Left -- A Boy's Essay on Girls -- Identified -- One Better -- A Rendition -- A Cause for Thanks -- Crowded -- The Wedding Journey -- A Case of Conscience -- He Rose to the Occasion -- Polite -- Lost, Strayed or Stolen -- A Gentle Complaint -- Music by the Choir -- TWAIN The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calveras County. | Masson, Thomas L., 1866-1934 [Editor] | | 2007-04-21 |
| The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) | Various | en | | An Archæological Congress, by Burdette -- Aunt Dinah's Kitchen, by Stowe -- Ballad, by Leland -- Barney McGee, by Hovey -- The Beecher Beached, by Tabb -- A Boy's View of It, by Stanton -- Budd Wilkins at the Show, by Kiser -- The Colonel's Clothes, by Gilman -- Comin' Thu, by Culbertson -- The Dutchman Who Had the "Small Pox," by Leland -- An Evening Musicale, by Fisk -- Familiar Authors at Work, by Carruth -- Fascination, by Tabb -- The Golfer's Rubaiyat, by Boynton -- Go Lightly, Gal (The Cake Walk), by Culbertson -- Grandma Keeler Gets Grandpa Ready for Sunday-School, by Greene -- The Hoosier and the Salt Pile, by Marble -- How "Ruby" Played, by Bagby -- A Letter, by Nasby -- The Lost Word, by Paul -- Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum, by Irwin -- Mr. Dooley on Gold-Seeking, by Dunne -- Mr. Dooley on Reform Candidates, by Dunne -- Natural Perversities, by Riley -- A Nautical Ballad, by Carryl -- The Old Deacon's Version of the Story of the Rich Man and Lazarus, by Stanton -- Our Best Society, by Curtis -- Plagiarism, by Tabb -- The Recruit, by Chambers -- "Ringworm Frank", by Riley -- A Rival Entertainment, by Field -- Samuel Brown, by Cary -- Seffy and Sally, by Long -- She Talked, by Foss -- The Strike at Hinman's, by Burdette -- The Two Brothers, by Wells -- The Two Farmers, by Wells -- The Two New Houses, by Wells -- The Two Suitors, by Wells -- Vive La Bagatelle, by Burgess -- Walk, by Devere -- The Way it Wuz, by Riley -- Yawcob Strauss, by Adams -- Yes?, by O'Reilly. | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2006-05-28 |
| Fifty-Two Stories For Girls | | en | | Gloria Dene's schoolfellows, by Ryeman -- My year at school, by Watson -- The silver star, by Holderness -- Uncle Tone, by Godkin -- A night on the road, by Watson -- The missing letter, by Chappell -- "The colonel", by Dicken -- Nettie, by Sayers -- The magic cabinet, by Hooper -- Only Tim, by Doudney -- Smith's sister, by Overton -- The colonel's boy, by Hervey -- 'Twixt life and death, by Joughin -- Rose's birthday present, by Delbrassine -- Dolly Hardcastle's rosebuds, by Pearce -- A tale of Simla, by Bourchier -- The Trevern treasure, by Hardy -- A memorable day, by Doudney -- Dora, by Miles -- Little peace, by Ryeman -- The story of Wassili and Daria, by Guillemard -- Marjorie May, by Everett-Green -- Fourth cousins, by Stables -- The pedlar's pack, by Jackson -- The unbidden guest, by Forester -- The wreck of the May Queen, by Jackson -- Adrift on the Pacific, by Jackson -- A strange visitor, by Heighington -- The third person singular, by Hardy -- "How Jack minded the baby", by Pinho -- My grandmother's adventure, by Miles -- A terrible Christmas Eve, by Jackson -- A night of horror, by Miles -- Aunt Grieves' silver, by Jackson -- Billjim, by Le Sotgille -- The legends of Langaffer, by Caumont -- How Cicely danced before the king, by Archer -- A mother of Queens From "Old Romance" -- The story of Grizel Cochrand -- A wife's stratagem, by Hardy -- The king's tragedy, by Miles -- The stranger, by Bell -- Love will find a way, by Nithsdale. | Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry), 1848-1929 [Editor] | Children's stories; Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction | 2008-07-02 |
| The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) | Various | en | | Anatole Dubois at de Horse Show, by Amsbary -- The Billville Spirit Meeting, by Stanton -- The British Matron, by Hawthorne -- The Champion Checker-Player of Ameriky, by Riley -- Colonel Sterett's Panther Hunt, by Lewis -- A Cry from the Consumer, by Nesbit -- The Curse of the Competent, by Finn -- Darby and Joan, by Honeywood -- The Day We Do Not Celebrate, by Burdette -- The Deacon's Masterpiece; or, The Wonderful "One-Hoss Shay", by Holmes -- The Deacon's Trout, by Beecher -- A Disappointment, by O'Reilly -- Distichs, by Hay -- Down Around the River, by Riley -- Enough, by Masson -- The Experiences of the A.C., by Taylor -- The Feast of the Monkeys, by Sousa -- The Fighting Race, by Clarke -- The Grammatical Boy, by Nye -- Grizzly-Gru, by Ironquill -- John Henry in a Street Car, by McHugh -- Laffing, by Billings -- A Letter from Mr. Biggs, by Howe -- A Medieval Discoverer, by Nye -- Melons, by Harte -- The Menagerie, by Moody -- Mrs. Johnson, by Howells -- The Muskeeter, by Billings -- My Grandmother's Turkey-Tail Fan, by Peck -- Myopia, by Rice -- An Odyssey of K's, by Nesbit -- The Old Maid's House: In Plan, by Phelps -- The Organ, by Beecher -- Partingtonian Patchwork, by Shillaber -- Pass, by Ironquill -- The Pettibone Lineage, by Fields -- A Psalm of Life, by Cary -- The Purple Cow, by Burgess -- The Quarrel, by Kiser -- Similar Cases, by Gilman -- Simple English, by Rose -- Spelling Down the Master, by Eggleston -- Stage Whispers, by Wells -- Teaching by Example, by Saxe -- The Tragedy of It, by Noble -- The Turnings of a Bookworm, by Wells -- Wanted--A Cook, by Dale -- What Mr. Robinson Thinks, by Lowell -- When Albani Sang, by Drummond -- When the Frost is on the Punkin, by Riley -- Why Moles Have Hands, by Culbertsonn -- Wouter Van Twiller, by Irving -- The Yankee Dude'll Do, by Kiser. | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2006-05-28 |
| The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) | Various | en | | Abou Ben Butler, by Paul -- The Advertiser, by Field -- After the Funeral, by Bailey -- The Apostasy of William Dodge, by Waterloo -- The Ballad of Grizzly Gulch, by Irwin -- Banty Tim, by Hay -- The Bear Story, by Riley -- The Book-Canvasser, by Anonymous -- A Bully Boat and a Brag Captain, by Smith -- The Bumblebeaver, by Cox -- Casey at the Bat, by Thayer -- Chad's Story of the Goose, by Smith -- Colonel Carter's Story of the Postmaster, by Smith -- Comic Miseries, by Saxe -- The Coquette, by Saxe -- De Gradual Commence, by Amsbary -- Evening, by Holmes -- The Fairport Art Museum, by Thanet -- The Famous Mulligan Ball, by Stanton -- The Genial Idiot Discusses the Music Cure, by Bangs -- Grains of Truth, by Nye -- Her Valentine, by Hovey -- It Pays to be Happy, by Masson -- James and Reginald, by Field -- Jones, by Osbourne -- Latter-Day Warnings, by Holmes -- Lost Chords, by Field -- Love Sonnets of an Office Boy, by Kiser -- The Martyrdom of Mr. Stevens, by Quick -- The Merchant and the Book-Agent, by Anonymous -- The Modern Farmer, by Appleton -- The Mosquito, by Bryant -- Mr. Dooley on the Game of Football, by Dunne -- My First Cigar, by Burdette -- My Philosofy, by Riley -- The Octopussycat, by Cox -- The Old Settler, by Mott -- The Owl-Critic, by Fields -- The Paintermine, by Cox -- Shonny Schwartz, by Adams -- The Society Upon the Stanislaus, by Harte -- So Wags the World, by Warner -- A Spring Feeling, by Carman -- The Talking Horse, by McIntyre -- The Thompson Street Poker Club, by Carleton -- Thoughts fer the Discuraged Farmer, by Riley -- "Tiddle-iddle-iddle-iddle-bum! bum!", by Nesbit -- Unconscious Humor, by Wetherell -- Up and Down Old Brandywine, by Riley -- Verre Definite, by Amsbary -- Wasted Opportunities, by Greene -- The Weddin', by Hartswick -- The Welsh Rabbittern, by Cox -- When the Allegash Drive Goes Through, by Day -- The Wild Boarder, by Cox. | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2006-09-18 |
| 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 |