title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
The London Visitor | Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855 | en | | | | Short stories; Country life -- England -- Fiction; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Pastoral fiction | 2007-10-02 |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 | en | | | Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939 [Illustrator] | Christmas stories; Ghost stories; London (England) -- Fiction; Poor families -- Fiction; Misers -- Fiction; Sick children -- Fiction; Scrooge, Ebenezer (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | 2007-12-24 |
A Christmas Carol
The original manuscript | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 | en | | | Leech, John, 1817-1864 [Illustrator] | Christmas stories; Ghost stories; London (England) -- Fiction; Misers -- Fiction; Poor families -- Fiction; Scrooge, Ebenezer (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Sick children -- Fiction | 2009-10-30 |
Sara Crewe
or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's | Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 | en | | | | Girls -- Juvenile fiction; Boarding schools -- Fiction; London (England) -- Fiction; Orphans -- Fiction; Schools -- Fiction | 2008-03-07 |
The Nigger Of The "Narcissus"
A Tale Of The Forecastle | Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 | en | | | | West Indians -- England -- Fiction; Tuberculosis -- Patients -- Fiction; Terminally ill -- Fiction; Ocean travel -- Fiction; Blacks -- Fiction; London (England) -- Fiction; Psychological fiction; Sea stories | 2006-02-09 |
The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 | James, Henry, 1843-1916 | en | | | | Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction; Americans -- Italy -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction; Venice (Italy) -- Fiction; Americans -- England -- Fiction; Terminally ill -- Fiction; London (England) -- Fiction; Love stories | 2009-07-19 |
‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London | `Abdu'l-Bahá, 1844-1921 | en | | | | | 2006-09-15 |
My Discovery of England | Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944 | en | | The balance of trade in impressions -- I am interviewed by the press -- Impressions of London -- A clear view of the government and politics of England -- Oxford as I see it -- The British and the American press -- Business in England -- Is prohibition coming to England? -- "We have with us to-night" -- Have the English any sense of humour? | | | 2002-11-01 |
Little Meg's Children | Stretton, Hesba, 1832-1911 | en | | | Copping, Harold, 1863-1932 [Illustrator] | Poverty -- Juvenile fiction; Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction; Christian life -- Juvenile fiction; London (England) -- Juvenile fiction; England -- Juvenile fiction | 2009-11-28 |
The Wings of the Dove, Volume II | James, Henry, 1843-1916 | en | | | | Americans -- England -- Fiction; Americans -- Italy -- Fiction; London (England) -- Fiction; Love stories; Terminally ill -- Fiction; Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction; Venice (Italy) -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction | 2009-09-22 |
The Odd Women | Gissing, George, 1857-1903 | en | | | | English fiction -- 19th century; Women -- Employment -- Fiction; Middle class women -- Fiction; Women -- England -- Fiction; Single women -- Fiction; Sisters -- Fiction; London (England) -- Fiction; Psychological fiction; Domestic fiction | 2003-08-01 |
Nights
Rome, Venice, in the Aesthetic Eighties; London, Paris, in the Fighting Nineties | Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936 | en | | | | London (England) -- Description and travel; Venice (Italy) -- Description and travel; Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel; Paris (France) -- Description and travel | 2008-01-29 |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 | en | | I Marley's Ghost
II The First of the Three Spirits
III The Second of the Three Spirits
IV The Last of the Spirits
V The End of it | Williams, George Alfred, 1875-1932 [Illustrator] | Christmas stories; Ghost stories; London (England) -- Fiction; Misers -- Fiction; Poor families -- Fiction; Scrooge, Ebenezer (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Sick children -- Fiction | 2006-09-20 |
The History of "Punch" | Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry), 1858-1948 | en | | | | Punch (London, England); Journalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Periodicals -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | 2007-12-17 |
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 |
Great Sea Stories | Various | en | | Spanish Bloodhounds and English Mastiffs, By Kingsley -- The Club-Hauling of the Diomede, By Marryat -- The Cruise of the Torch, By Scott -- The Merchantman and the Pirate, By Reade -- The Mutiny of the Bounty, By Anonymous -- The Wreck of the Royal Caroline, By Cooper -- The Capture of the Great White Whale, By Melville -- The Corvette Claymore, By Hugo -- The Merchants' Cup, By Bone -- A Storm and a Rescue, By Russell -- The Sailor's Wife, By Loti -- The Salving of the Yan-Shan, By Stackpoole -- The Derelict Neptune, By Robertson -- The Terrible Solomons, By London -- El Dorado, By Masefield. | French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936 [Editor] | | 2006-05-16 |
Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature | Various | en | | Selections from the Experiences of the A.C. -- Dobbs His Ferry -- Father Higgins's Preferment -- Fred Trover's Little Iron-Clad -- Mr. Bluff Discourses on the Country and Kindred Themes -- Garden Ethics -- Captain Ben's Choice -- Street Scenes in Washington -- Selections from Transcendental Wild Oats -- Conversational Depravity -- The Tower of London -- Science and Natural History -- From the "Lecture" -- Our Tavern -- A Piece of Red Calico -- Aunt Pen's Funeral -- The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County -- Ben Thirlwall's School-days -- Selections from a Brace of Boys -- A Rivermouth Romance. | | | 2005-04-08 |
The Face and the Mask | Barr, Robert, 1850-1912 | en | | The woman of stone -- The chemistry of anarchy -- The fear of it -- The metamorphoses of Johnson -- The reclamation of Joe Hollends -- The type-written letter -- The doom of London -- The predicament of De Plonville -- A new explosive -- The great Pegram mystery -- Death cometh soon or late -- High stakes -- "Where ignorance is bliss" -- The departure of Cub McLean -- Old number eighty-six -- Playing with marked cards -- The bruiser's courtship -- The raid on Mellish -- Striking back -- Crandall's choice -- The failure of Bradley -- Ringamy's convert -- A slippery customer -- The sixth bench. | | | 2004-11-14 |
Essays and Tales | Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719 | en | | Public credit -- Household Superstitions -- Opera Lions -- Women and Wives -- The Italian Opera -- Lampoons -- True and False Humour -- Sa Ga Yan Qua Rash Tow's Impressions of London -- The Vision of Marraton -- Six Papers on Wit -- Friendship -- Chevy-Chase (Two Papers) -- A Dream of the Painters -- Spare Time (Two Papers) -- Censure -- The English Language -- The Vision of Mirza -- Genius -- Theodosius and Constantia -- Good Nature -- A Grinning Match -- Trust in God. | Morley, Henry, 1822-1894 [Editor] | Fiction; Essays; Short stories | 2001-09-01 |
The Little Tea Book | | en | | The origin of tea -- Tea [poem] / by Francis Saltus Saltus -- little cups of Chinese and Japanese tea -- On tea [poem] / by Edmund Waller -- Some English tea history -- O tea! [poem] / Arthur Gray -- Tea terms (Japanese. Chinese) -- Tea leaves / by John Ernest McCann -- Wit, wisdom and humor of tea -- Fate / Churchill -- Tea making and taking in Japan and China -- Tea-drinking in other lands -- The tea-table -- Ladies, literature and tea -- On our English poetry and this poem upon tea / R. B. -- To the author on his poem upon tea / T. W. -- Poems from J. Roberts pamphlet (London, 1700) -- Dr. Johnson's affinity -- Earliest mention of tea -- Australian tea -- Five o'clock tea -- Tea in ladies' novels -- Sydney Smith -- Dr. Johnson again -- A cup of tea [poem] / Helen Gray Cone. | | | 2006-09-27 |
The Spinner's Book of Fiction | Various | en | | Concha Argüello, Sister Dominica, by Gertrude Atherton -- The Ford of Crèvecœur, by Mary Austin -- A Californian, by Geraldine Bonner -- Gideon's Knock, by Mary Halleck Foote -- A Yellow Man and a White, by Eleanor Gates -- The Judgment of Man, by James Hopper -- The League of the Old Men, by Jack London -- Down the Flume with the Sneath Piano, by Bailey Millard -- The Contumacy of Sarah L. Walker, by Miriam Michelson -- Breaking Through, by W. C. Morrow -- A Lost Story, by Frank Norris -- Hantu, by Henry Milner Rideout -- Miss. Juno, by Charles Warren Stoddard -- A Little Savage Gentleman, by Isobel Strong -- Love and Advertising, by Richard Walton Tully -- The Tewana, by Herman Whitaker. | | | 2007-01-11 |
Mugby Junction | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 | en | | Barbox Brothers / by Charles Dickens
Barbox Brothers and Co. / by Charles Dickens
Main line. The boy at Mugby / by Charles Dickens
No. 1 branch line. The signalman / by Charles Dickens
No. 2 branch line. The engine-driver / by Andrew Halliday
No. 3 branch line. The compensation house / by Charles Collins
No. 4 branch line. The travelling post office / by Hesba Stretton
No. 5 branch line. The engineer / by Amelia Edwards. | | Railroad stations -- England -- London -- Fiction; Psychological fiction | 2009-01-28 |
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg -- My First Lie, and How I Got out of it -- The Esquimaux Maiden's Romance -- Christian Science and The Book of Mrs. Eddy -- Is He Living or Is He Dead? -- My Debut as a Literary Person -- At The Appetite-cure -- Concerning The Jews -- From The 'London Times' of 1904 -- About Play-acting -- Travelling with a Reformer -- Diplomatic Pay and Clothes -- Luck -- The Captain's Story -- Stirring Times in Austria -- Meisterschaft -- My Boyhood Dreams -- To The above Old People -- In Memoriam - Olivia Susan Clemens. | | Short stories; City and town life -- Fiction; Honesty -- Fiction; Humorous stories, American; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction | 2004-09-20 |
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06
Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes | | en | | The Life of Heinrich Heine. By William Guild Howard -- Dedication. -- Songs. -- A Lyrical Intermezzo. -- Sonnets. -- Poor Peter. -- The Two Grenadiers. -- Belshazzar. -- The Pilgrimage to Kevlaar. -- The Return Home. -- Twilight. -- Hail to the Sea. -- In the Harbor. -- A New Spring. -- Abroad. -- The Sphinx. -- Germany. -- Enfant Perdu. -- The Battlefield of Hastings. -- The Asra. -- The Passion Flower. -- The Journey to the Harz. -- Boyhood Days. -- English Fragments--Dialogue on the Thames; London; Wellington. -- Lafayette. -- The Romantic School. -- The Rabbi of Bacharach. -- The Life of Franz Grillparzer. By William Guild Howard -- Medea. -- The Jewess of Toledo. -- The Poor Musician. -- My Journey to Weimar. -- Beethoven as a Letter Writer. By Walter R. Spalding -- Beethoven's Letters. | | | 2004-05-01 |
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 |