title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
The Governess; or, Little Female Academy | Fielding, Sarah, 1710-1768 | en | Being the history of Mrs. Teachum, and her nine girls. With their nine days amusement: Calculated for the entertainment and instruction of young ladies in their education. | | | | 1999-09-01 |
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete | Meredith, George, 1828-1909 | en | | | | Fantasy fiction, English; Arab countries -- Fiction | 2004-11-02 |
The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 2 | Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 | en | | Afterward — The Fulness of Life — A Venetian Night's Entertainment — Xingu — The Verdict — The Reckoning — Poetry | | | 1995-08-01 |
The Descent of Man and Other Stories | Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 | en | | The Descent of Man -- The Other Two -- Expiation -- The Lady's Maid's Bell -- The Mission of Jane -- The Reckoning -- The Letter -- The Dilettante -- The Quicksand -- A Venetian Night's Entertainment. | | | 2003-10-01 |
The Premiere | Sabia, Richard | en | | | | Short stories; Science fiction; Entertainment -- Fiction | 2008-03-18 |
Mercenary | Reynolds, Mack, 1917-1983 | en | | | Birmingham, Lloyd [Illustrator] | Science fiction; Entertainment -- Fiction; Mercenary troops -- Fiction; Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction | 2008-01-20 |
Five Little Peppers at School | Sidney, Margaret, 1844-1924 | en | | Hard Times for Joel -- The Tennis Match -- A Narrow Escape -- Of Various Things -- At Silvia Horne's -- The Accident -- The Salisbury Girls -- “We're to have our picnic!” -- All About the Poor Brakeman -- Joel and His Dog -- The United Clubs -- Some Every-day Fun -- The Picnic -- Miss Salisbury's Story -- The Broken Vase -- New Plans -- Phronsie -- Tom's Story -- The Grand Entertainment -- The Corcoran Family -- At the Play -- Pickering Dodge -- The Clemcy Garden Party -- The Piece of News -- “The Very Prettiest Affair” | Heyer, Hermann [Illustrator] | | 2008-07-25 |
The Historical Nights' Entertainment
First Series | Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 | en | | The night of Holyrood: the murder of David Rizzio -- The night of Kirk o'Field: the murder of Darnley -- The night of betrayal: Antonio Perez and Philip II of Spain -- The night of charity: the case of the Lady Alice Lisle -- The night of massacre: the story of the St. Bartholomew -- The night of witchcraft: Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan -- The night of gems: the affairs of the queen's necklace -- The night of terror: the drownings at Nantes under Carrier -- The night of nuptials: Charles the Bold and Sapphira Danvelt -- The night of stranglers: Giovanna of Naples and Andreas of Hungary -- The night of hate: the murder of the Duke of Gandia -- The night of escape: Casanova's escape from the Piombi -- The night of masquerade: the assassination of Gustavus III of Sweden. | | | 2001-05-01 |
The Historical Nights' Entertainment
Second Series | Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 | en | | The absolution: Affonso Henriques, first king of Portugal -- The false Demetrius: Boris Godunov and the pretended son of Ivan the Terrible -- The hermosa fembra: an episode of the Inquisition in Seville -- The pastry-cook of Madrigal: the story of the false Sebastian of Portugal -- The end of the "vert galant": the assassination of Henry IV -- The barren wooing: the murder of Amy Robsart -- Sir Judas: the betrayal of Sir Walter Raleigh -- His Insolence of Buckingham: George Villiers' courtship of Anne of Austria -- The path of exile: the fall of Lord Clarendon -- The tragedy of Herrenhausen: Count Philip Königsmark and the Princess Sophia Dorothea -- The tyrannicide: Charlotte Corday and Jean Paul Marat. | | | 2005-04-01 |
Yorksher Puddin'
A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the
Pen of John Hartley | Hartley, John, 1839-1915 | en | | Frozen to Death -- Pill Jim's Progress Wi' Johns Bunion -- Moravian Knight's Entertainment -- Sperrit Rappin -- Ther's a Mule I' th' Garden -- A Neet at "Widup's Rest" -- Tinklin' Tom -- Th' New Schooil Booard -- Tha Caps me Nah! -- Nay Fer Sewer! -- Th' Battle o' Tawkin -- "Owd Tommy" -- It Mud ha' been War -- Ha a Dead Donkey Towt a Lesson -- One, Two, Three -- Sammy Bewitched -- Hard to Pleeas -- Ratcatchin' -- Owd Moorcock -- Peace Makkin -- Awr Emma-A False Alarm -- Niver Judge by Appearances -- Mi First Testimonial -- Five Paand Nooat -- Silly Billy -- Put up wi' it -- A Queer Dream -- The Mystery of Burt's Babby -- Mak th' best on't -- Mrs Spaiktruth's Pairty -- Why Tommy isn't a Deacon -- One Amang th' Rest -- What's yor Hurry? -- Ha Owd Stooansnatch's Dowter gate Wed -- Th' New Railrooad -- Mose Hart's Twelvth Mess -- Th' Hoil-i'th'-Hill Statty -- Owd Dawdles -- Property Huntin' -- Abraham's Sparrib -- A Run ovver th' Year | | | 2006-04-14 |
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 |