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Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington IrvingIrving, Washington, 1783-1859enCaldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886 [Illustrator]Christmas stories, American; Christmas -- England2007-02-24
The Delegate from VenusSlesar, Henry, 1927-2002enNovick, Irving [Illustrator]Short stories; Science fiction; Journalists -- Fiction2008-04-17
The Deadly DaughtersMarks, Winston K., 1915-1979enNovick, Irving [Illustrator]Science fiction, American; Short stories; Political fiction2008-03-30
The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80Chapelle, Howard I. (Howard Irving), 1901-1975enSavannah (Steamship); Ship models2008-05-20
Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky MountainsIrving, Washington, 1783-1859enOregon; Astoria (Or.); Fur trade -- Oregon; Northwestern States -- Description and travel; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Pacific Fur Company2006-02-19
The Short-storyenIrving: Rip Van Winkle (1820) Poe: The Gold Bug (1842); The Purloined Letter (1845) Hawthorne: Howe's Masquerade (1838); The Birthmark (1843) Harte: The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1869) Stevenson: The Sire de Malétroit's Door (1878); Markheim (1885) Kipling: Wee Willie Winkie (1888).2007-06-29
Washington IrvingWarner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900en2005-06-04
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire StoriesenSilverhorns / 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.) MurrayMathiews, Franklin K. [Editor]Storytelling; Short stories2008-08-29
The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1enThe Apparition of Mrs. Veal, by Daniel Defoe -- The Mysterious Bride, by James Hogg -- The Devil and Tom Walker, by Washington Irving -- Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Purloined Letter, by Edgar Allan Poe -- Rab and His Friends, by Dr. John Brown -- The Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn, by Charles Dickens -- A Story of Seven Devils, by Frank R. Stockton -- A Dog's Tale, by Mark Twain -- The Outcasts of Poker Flat, by Bret Harte -- The Three Strangers, by Thomas Hardy -- Julia Bride, by Henry James -- A Lodging for the Night, by Robert Louis Stevenson.2003-11-01
Folk-Lore and Legends ScotlandAnonymousenCanobie Dick and Thomas of Ercildoun -- Coinnach Oer -- Elphin Irving -- The Ghosts of Craig-Aulnaic -- The Doomed Rider -- Whippety Stourie -- The Weird of the Three Arrows -- The Laird of Balmachie's Wife -- Michael Scott -- The Minister and the Fairy -- The Fisherman and the Merman -- The Laird O' Co' -- Ewen of the Little Head -- Jock and his Mother -- Saint Columba -- The Mermaid Wife -- The Fiddler and the Bogle of Bogandoran -- Thomas the Rhymer -- Fairy Friends -- The Seal-Catcher's Adventure -- The Fairies of Merlin's Craig -- Rory Macgillivray -- The Haunted Ships -- The Brownie -- Mauns' Stane -- "Horse and Hattock" -- Secret Commonwealth -- The Fairy Boy of Leith -- The Dracæ -- Lord Tarbat's Relations -- The Bogle -- Daoine Shie, or the Men of Peace -- The Death "Bree."Legends -- Scotland; Folklore -- Scotland2005-11-15
Humorous Ghost StoriesScarborough, Dorothy, 1878-1935enIntroduction: The humorous ghost -- The Canterville ghost / by Oscar Wilde -- The ghost-extinguisher / by Gelett Burgess -- "Dey ain't no ghosts" / by Ellis Parker Butler -- The transferred ghost / by Frank R. Stockton -- The mummy's foot / Théophile Gautier -- The rival ghosts / Brander Matthews -- The water ghost of Harrowby Hall / by John Kendrick Bangs -- Back from that bourne / Anonymous -- The ghost-ship / by Richard Middleton -- The transplanted ghost / by Wallace Irwin -- The last ghost in Harmony / by Nelson LLoyd -- The ghost of Miser Brimpson / by Eden Phillpotts -- The haunted photograph / by Ruth McEnery Stuart -- The ghost that got the button / by Will Adams -- The specter bridegroom / by Washington Irving -- The specter of Tappington / compiled by Richard Barham -- In the barn / by Burges Johnson -- A shady plot / by Elsie Brown -- The lady and the ghost / by Rose Cecil O'Neill.2008-10-18
My Literary PassionsHowells, William Dean, 1837-1920enThe Bookcase at Home -- Goldsmith -- Cervantes -- Irving -- First Fiction and Drama -- Longfellow's "Spanish Student" -- Scott -- Lighter Fancies -- Pope -- Various Preferences -- Uncle Tom's Cabin -- Ossian -- Shakespeare -- Ik Marvel -- Dickens -- Wordsworth, Lowell, Chaucer -- Macaulay -- Critics and Reviews -- A Non-literary Episode -- Thackeray -- "Lazarillo De Tormes" -- Curtis, Longfellow, Schlegel -- Tennyson -- Heine -- De Quincey, Goethe, Longfellow -- George Eliot, Hawthorne, Goethe, Heine -- Charles Reade -- Dante -- Goldoni, Manzoni, D'azeglio -- "Pastor Fido," "Aminta," "Romola," "Yeast," "Paul Ferroll" -- Erckmann-chatrian, Bjorstjerne Bjornson -- Tourguenief, Auerbach -- Certain Preferences and Experiences -- Valdes, Galdos, Verga, Zola, Trollope, Hardy -- Tolstoy2004-10-22
The Literary World Seventh ReaderenRip Van Winkle, by Irving -- The Great Stone Face, by Hawthorne -- The Courtship of Miles Standish, by Longfellow -- The Friendship of Nantaquas, by Johnston -- Harry Esmond's Boyhood, by Thackeray -- The Family Holds Its Head Up, by Goldsmith -- The Little Boy in the Balcony, by Grady -- Ariel's Triumph, by Tarkington -- The Cloud, by Shelley -- New England Weather, by Twain -- The First Snowfall, by Lowell -- Old Ephraim, by Roosevelt -- Midwinter, by Trowbridge -- A Georgia Fox Hunt, by Harris -- Rain and Wind, by Cawein -- The Southern Sky, by Maury -- Daffodils, by Wordsworth -- Dawn, by Everett -- Spring, by Timrod -- Among the Cliffs, by Craddock -- A Deal in Bears, by Hyne -- Lochinvar, by Scott -- In Labrador, by Wells -- The Bugle Song, by Tennyson -- The Siege of the Castle, by Scott -- Sea Fever, by Masefield -- A Greyport Legend, by Harte -- A Hunt Beneath The Ocean, by Verne -- Under Seas, by Tolstoi -- A Voyage to the Moon, by Poe -- The Great Stone of Sardis, by Stockton -- A Stop At Suzanne's, by Clover -- The Making of a Man, by Locke -- In Flanders Fields, by McCrae -- In Flanders Fields (An Answer), by Galbraith -- A Ballad Of Heroes, by Dobson.2006-11-05
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume IVariousenIRVING -- 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 I. (of X.)VariousenAnatole 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 -- Humor2006-05-28




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