| title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
| Andersen's Fairy Tales | Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 | en | | The emperor's new clothes -- The swineherd -- The real princess -- The shoes of fortune -- The fir tree -- The snow queen -- The leap-frog -- The elderbush -- The bell -- The old house -- The happy family -- The story of a mother -- The false collar -- The shadow -- The little match girl -- The dream of little Tuk -- The naughty boy -- The red shoes. | | Fairy tales; Fairy tales -- Denmark; Children's stories, Danish -- Translations into English | 1999-01-01 |
| Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds | Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889 | en | | The Mississippi scheme -- The south-sea bubble -- The tulipomania -- The alchymists -- Modern prophecies -- Fortune-telling -- The magnetisers -- Influence of politics and religion on the hair and beard -- The crusades -- The witch mania -- The slow poisoners -- Haunted houses -- Popular follies of great cities -- Popular admiration of great thieves -- Duels and ordeals -- Relics. | | Delusions; Impostors and imposture; Occultism; Social psychology; Swindlers and swindling; Hallucinations and illusions | 2008-02-05 |
| The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III | | en | | Excerpts from Boswell's "Life of Johnson"
A Poet Defined, from the Preface to "Lyrical Ballads" by Wordsworth
The Arrival of the Master of Ravenswood, from "The Bride of Lammermoor" by Scott
The Death of Meg Merriles, from "Guy Mannering" by Scott
A Vision of Rob Roy, from "Rob Roy" by Scott
Queen Elizabeth and Amy Robsart at Kenilworth, from "Kenilworth" by Scott
The Illness and Death of Lady Scott, from Scott's "Journal"
Does Fortune Favor Fools?, from "A Sailor's Fortune" by Coleridge
The Destiny of the United States, from the "Table Talk" by Coleridge
Nelson's Death at Trafalgar, from the "Life of Nelson" by Southey
The Death of Hofer, by Landor
Napoleon and Pericles, by Landor
Dream Children—A Reverie; Poor Relations; The Origin of Roast Pig; That We Should Rise with the Lark, from the "Essays of Elia" by Lamb
Hamlet, from the "Characters of Shakespeare's Plays" by Hazlitt
Dreams of an Opium-Eater, from the "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" by de Quincey
Joan of Arc, from the "Biographical and Historical Essays" by de Quincey
Charles Lamb, from the "Literary Reminiscences" by de Quincey
Of His Mother's Treatment of Him, letter by Lord Byron
To His Wife after the Separation, letter by Lord Byron
To Sir Walter Scott, letter by Lord Byron
Of Art and Nature as Poetical Subjects, from the "Reply to Bowles" by Lord Byron
In Defense of Poetry, by Shelley
The Baths of Caracalla, from letter by Shelley
The ruins of Pompeii, from letter by Shelley
The Mutilation of the Hermæ; If Alexander Had Lived, from the "History of Greece" by Grote
Charlotte Corday, from the "History of the French Revolution" by Carlyle
The Blessedness of Work, from "Past and Present" by Carlyle
Cromwell, from "Heroes and Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History" by Carlyle
In Praise of Those Who Toil, from "Sart | | | 2007-07-30 |
| Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends | Landa, Gertrude | en | | The palace of the eagles -- The giant of the flood -- The fairy princess of Ergetz -- The higgledy-piggledy palace -- The red slipper -- The star child -- Abi Fressah's feast -- The beggar king -- The quarrel of the cat and dog -- The water-babe -- Sinbad of the Talmud -- The outcast prince -- The story of Bostanai -- From shepherd-boy to king -- The magic palace -- The sleep of one hundred years -- King for three days -- The palace in the clouds -- The Pope's game of chess -- The slave's fortune -- The paradise in the sea -- The Rabbi's bogey-man -- The fairy frog -- The princess of the tower -- King Alexander's adventures. | Aronson, Sol [Illustrator] | | 2008-09-27 |
| Rolling Stones | Henry, O., 1862-1910 | en | | The dream -- A ruler of men -- The atavism of John Tom Little Bear -- Helping the other fellow -- The marionettes -- The marquis and Miss Sally -- A fog in Santone -- The friendly call -- a dinner at ----* --- Sound and fury -- Tictocq -- Tracked to doom -- A snapshot at the President -- An unfinished Christmas story -- The unprofitable servant -- Aristocracy versus has -- The prisoner of Zembla -- A strange story -- Fickle fortune, or, How Gladys hustled -- An apology -- Lord Oakhurst's course -- Bexar script no. 2692 -- Queries and answers -- The pewee -- Nothing to say -- The murderer -- Some postscripts -- A contribution -- The old farm -- Vanity -- The lullaby boy -- Chanson de Bohême -- Hard to forget -- Drop a tear in this slot -- Tamales -- Some letters. | | | 2003-03-01 |
| The Brown Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | What the Rose did to the Cypress -- Ball-Carrier and the Bad One -- How Ball-Carrier finished his Task -- The Bunyip -- Father Grumbler -- The Story of the Yara -- The Cunning Hare -- The Turtle and his Bride -- How Geirald the Coward was Punished -- Habogi -- How the Little Brother set Free his Big Brothers -- The Sacred Milk of Koumongoe -- The Wicked Wolverine -- The Husband of the Rat's Daughter -- The Mermaid and the Boy -- Pivi and Kabo -- The Elf Maiden -- How Some Wild Animals became Tame Ones -- Fortune and the Wood-Cutter -- The Enchanted Head -- The Sister of the Sun -- The Prince and the Three Fates -- The Fox and the Lapp -- Kisa the Cat -- The Lion and the Cat -- Which was the Foolishest? -- Asmund and Signy -- Rubezahl -- Story of the King who would be Stronger then Fate -- Story of Wali Dad the Simple-hearted -- Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey -- The Knights of the Fish. | | | 2002-06-01 |
| The Call Of The South
1908 | Becke, Louis, 1855-1913 | en | | Paul the diver -- The old sea life -- The blind man of Admiralty Island -- Nisân Island: a tale of the old trading days -- Mutinies -- "Mâni" -- At night -- The cranks of the Julia brig -- "Dandy", the ship's Dingo -- Kala-Hoi, the netmaker -- The kanaka labour trade in the Pacific -- My friends, the Anthropophagi -- On the "joys" of recruiting "blackbirds" -- Making a fortune in the South Seas -- The story of Tokolmé -- "Lano-Tô" -- "Ombre Chevalier" -- A recluse of the bush -- Te-Bari, the outlaw -- "The dandiest boy that ever stood up in a boat" -- The pit of Maotâ -- Vanâki, the strong swimmer -- Two Pacific Islands birds -- A night run across Fâgaloa Bay -- A bit of good luck -- Modern pirates -- Pautôe -- The man who knew everything -- The pattering of the mullet. | | | 2008-03-22 |
| The Orange Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 | en | | The Story of the Hero Makoma -- The Magic Mirror From the Senna -- Story of the King Who Would See Paradise -- How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu -- Ian, the Soldier's Son -- The Fox and the Wolf -- How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon -- The Ugly Duckling -- The Two Caskets -- The Goldsmith's Fortune -- The Enchanted Wreath -- The Foolish Weaver -- The Clever Cat -- The Story of Manus -- Pinkel the Thief -- The Adventures of a Jackal -- The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son -- The Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal -- The Three Treasures of the Giants -- The Rover of the Plain -- The White Doe -- The Girl-Fish -- The Owl and the Eagle -- The Frog and the Lion Fairy -- The Adventures of Covan the Brown-haired -- The Princess Bella-Flor-- The Bird of Truth -- The Mink and the Wolf -- Adventures of an Indian Brave -- How the Stalos were Tricked -- Andras Baive -- The White Slipper -- The Magic Book. | | Fairy tales; Folklore | 2002-01-01 |
| Small Means and Great Ends | | en | | Small means and great ends. -- Mary Ellen. -- The dead child to its mother. -- Hope. -- The young soldier. -- The stolen children. -- My grandmother's cottage. -- The first oath. -- The fairy's gift. -- A lesson taught by nature. -- Florence Drew. -- Shechem. -- "Are we not all brothers and sisters?" -- Fortune-telling. -- The boy who stole the nails. -- The childless mother. -- The motherless child. -- Faith. -- The snow-birds. -- Mount Carmel. -- The philosophy of life. -- The starving poor of Ireland. -- The sabbath school festival. -- Nelly Grey. -- The four evangelists. -- May-Day. -- The snow-drop. --Caging birds. | Adams, M. H. (Mary Hall), 1816-1860 [Editor] | Children's stories; Children's poetry; Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Christian life -- Juvenile fiction | 2004-03-01 |