title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Anne of the Island | Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942 | en | | | | Orphans -- Fiction; Self-perception -- Fiction; Interpersonal relations -- Fiction; Universities and colleges -- Fiction; Prince Edward Island -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction; Nova Scotia -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction; Canada -- History -- 1914-1945 -- Fiction | 2006-03-08 |
The Book of Wonder | Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, 1878-1957 | en | | Preface -- The Bride of the Man-Horse -- Distressing Tale of Thangobrind The Jeweller -- The House of the Sphinx -- Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men -- The Injudicious Prayers of Pombo the Idolater -- The Loot of Bombasharna -- Miss Cubbidge and the Dragon Of Romance -- The Quest of the Queen's Tears -- The Hoard of the Gibbelins -- How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles -- How One Came, As Was Foretold, to the City Of Never -- The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap -- Chu-Bu and Sheemish -- The Wonderful Window -- Epilogue. | | | 2005-02-01 |
Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine | Freeman, Edward Augustus, 1823-1892 | en | | | Hutton, William Holden, 1860-1930 [Commentator] | Normandy (France) -- Description and travel; Maine (France) -- Description and travel; Architecture -- France -- Normandy; Architecture -- France -- Maine | 2008-03-13 |
Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works | Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 | en | | | | Herschel, William, Sir, 1738-1822; Astronomers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Astronomy -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Astronomy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | 2009-06-03 |
Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches | Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945 | en | | Orpheus in Mayfair -- The Cricket Match -- The Shadow of a Midnight -- Jean Francois -- The Flute of Chang Liang -- "What is Truth?" -- A Luncheon-Party -- Fete Galante -- The Garland -- The Spider's Web -- Edward II. At Berkeley Castle -- The Island -- The Man Who Gave Good Advice -- Russalka -- The Old Woman -- Dr. Faust's Last Day -- The Flute-Player's Story -- A Chinaman on Oxford -- Venus -- The Fire -- The Conqueror -- The Ikon -- The Thief -- The Star -- Chun Wa. | | Short stories; Fiction | 2006-04-04 |
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories | | en | | Silverhorns / Henry van Dyke -- Wild horse hunter / Zane Grey -- Hydrophobic skunk / Irvin S. Cobb -- The ole Virginia / Stewart Edward White -- The weight of obligation / Rex Beach -- That spot / Jack London -- When Lincoln licked a bully / Irving Bacheller -- The end of the trail / Clarence E. Mulford -- Dey ain't no ghosts / Ellis Parker Butler -- The night operator / Frank L. Packard -- Christmas Eve in a lumber camp / Ralph Connor -- The story that the keg told me / Adirondack (W.H.H.) Murray | Mathiews, Franklin K. [Editor] | Storytelling; Short stories | 2008-08-29 |
Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace | Hauff, Wilhelm, 1802-1827 | en | | Pt. 1. Tales of the caravan: The caravan. The caliph stork. The amputated hand. The rescue of Fatima. Little Muck. The false prince -- Pt. 2. Tales of the inn: The inn in the Spessart. The hirsch-gulden. The marble heart (first part). Said's adventures. The cave of Steenfoll. The marble heart (second part) -- Pt. 3. Tales of the palace: The sheik's palace and his slaves. The dwarf Nosey. Abner, the Jew. The young Englishman. The story of Almansor. | Stowell, Edward L. [Translator] | | 2010-04-24 |
Crescent and Iron Cross | Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic), 1867-1940 | en | | The theory of the old Turks -- The theory of the new Turks -- The end of the Armenian question -- The question of Syria and Palestine -- Deutschland über Allah -- "Thy kingdom is divided" -- The grip of the octopus. | | World War, 1914-1918 -- Turkey; Armenian question; Turkey -- Foreign relations -- Germany; Germany -- Foreign relations -- Turkey | 2004-01-01 |
Ensign Knightley and Other Stories | Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley), 1865-1948 | en | | Ensign Knightley -- The man of wheels -- Mr. Mitchelbourne's last escapade -- The coward -- The deserter -- The crossed gloves -- The shuttered house -- Keeper of the bishop -- The cruise of the "Willing Mind."--How Barrington returned to Johannesburg -- Hatteras -- The Princess Joceliande -- A liberal education -- The twenty-kroner story -- The fifth picture. | | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; South Africa -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 2004-07-09 |
The Path of Duty, and Other Stories | Caswell, Harriet S., 1834- | en | | Clara Roscom, or The path of duty -- Terry Dolan -- The faithful wife -- Emma Ashton -- Thoughts on Autumn -- Wandering Davy -- Looking on the dark side -- Edward Barton -- The weary at rest -- The rainy afternoon -- The student's dream -- Uncle Ephraim -- Story of a log cabin -- Hazel-Brook farm -- Old Rufus -- The diamond ring -- The unfortunate man -- The old schoolhouse -- Arthur Sinclair -- The snow storm -- The new year -- Earnest Harwood, or The adopted son. | | Pastoral fiction; Short stories; Family -- Fiction; Friendship -- Fiction; Country life -- Fiction | 2006-04-15 |
Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 | Various | en | | A TOBACCO PLANTATION by PHILIP A. BRUCE
SCENES OF CHARLOTTE BRONTÉ'S LIFE IN BRUSSELS by THEO. WOLFE
COOKHAM DEAN by MARGARET BERTHA WRIGHT
BIRDS OF A TEXAN WINTER by EDWARD C. BRUCE
THE FERRYMAN'S FEE by MARGARET VANDEGRIFT
"WHAT DO I WISH FOR YOU?" by CARLOTTA PERRY
LETTERS AND REMINISCENCES OF CHARLES READE by KINAHAN CORNWALLIS
IN A SUPPRESSED TUSCAN MONASTERY by KATE JOHNSON MATSON
THE SUBSTITUTE by JAMES PAYN
NEW YORK LIBRARIES by CHARLES BURR TODD
THE DRAMA IN THE NURSERY by NORMAN PEARSON
OUR MONTHLY GOSSIP : "The Man Who Laughs." by C.P.W. ; Why We Forget Names by XENOS CLARK ; A Reminiscence of Harriet Martineau by F.C.M.
LITERATURE OF THE DAY. : Illustrated Books | | | 2005-05-16 |
History of the 159th Regiment, N.Y.S.V. | Duffy, Edward, 1830?- | en | | | | United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 159th (1862-1865); United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories; New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives | 2008-01-07 |
Harvard Classics Volume 28
Essays English and American | | en | | Jonathan Swift by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
What is a University?; Site of a University; University Life at Athens by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
The Study of Poetry by MATTHEW ARNOLD
Sesame: of Kings' Treasuries; Lilies: of Queens' Gardens by JOHN RUSKIN
John Milton by WALTER BAGEHOT
Science and Culture by THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
Race and Language by EDWARD AUGUSTUS FREEMAN
Truth of Intercourse; Samuel Pepys by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
On the Elevation of the Laboring Classes by WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING
The Poetic Principle by EDGAR ALLAN POE
Walking by HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Abraham Lincoln; Democracy by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. | Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926 [Editor] | English essays; American essays | 2007-06-29 |
True Stories of Wonderful Deeds
Pictures and Stories for Little Folk | Anonymous | en | | The Royal Oak -- Bonnie Prince Charlie -- Nelson and Hardy -- Watt and the kettle -- Queen Victoria and her soldiers -- The relief of Lucknow -- Grace Darling -- David Livingstone -- The battle of Waterloo -- The charge of the Light Brigade -- The coronation of King Edward VII -- War -- A boy's heroic deeds -- A cat's extraordinary leap -- A brave queen -- King Alfred and the cakes -- Not Angles, but Angels -- Hereward the Wake -- Canute -- The brave men of Calais -- Wat Tyler -- Bruce and the spider -- Richard and Blondel -- The White Ship -- Joan of Arc -- Afloat with a tiger -- Queen Margaret and the robbers -- William Caxton -- Sir Philip Sidney -- The "Revenge" -- The Pilgrim Fathers -- Guy Fawkes -- Cromwell and his Ironsides -- The Spanish Armada -- The defence of Lathom House -- The outlawed archers -- Elizabeth and Raleigh. | | | 2007-07-16 |
The Best Short Stories of 1915
And the Yearbook of the American Short Story | | en | | The water-hole / Maxwell Struthers Burt -- The wake / Donn Byrne -- Chautonville / Will Levington Comfort -- La dernière mobilisation / W.A. Dwiggins -- The citizen / James Francis Dwyer -- Whose dog? / Frances Gregg -- Life / Ben Hecht -- T.B. / Fannie Hurst -- Mr. Eberdeen's house / Arthur Johnson -- Vengeance is mine / Virgil Jordan -- The weaver who clad the summer / Harris Merton Lyon -- -- Heart of youth / Walter J. Muilenburg -- The end of the path / Newbold Noyes -- The whale and the grasshopper / Seumas Obrien -- In Berlin / Mary Boyle O’Reilly -- The waiting years / Katharine Metcalf Roof -- Zelig / Benjamin Rosenblatt -- The survivors / Elsie Singmaster -- The yellow cat / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- The bounty-jumper / Mary Synon. | O'Brien, Edward Joseph Harrington, 1890-1941 [Editor] | American fiction -- 20th century; Short stories, American | 2007-01-07 |
The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | The 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 Diary | | Fiction; Short stories | 2004-09-14 |
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 |
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 |