title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Woman's Trials
Or, Tales and Sketches from the Life around Us | Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885 | en | | A lesson of patience -- I didn't think of that -- Taking boarders -- Plain sewing; or, how to encourage the poor -- Jessie Hampton -- The New Year's Gift -- Aunt Mary's preserving kettle -- Home at last -- Going home. | | | 2003-11-01 |
Words for the Wise | Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885 | en | | The poor debtor -- The Sunday Christian -- I knew how it would be -- Jacob Jones; or, the man who couldn't get along in the world -- Starting a newspaper: an experience of Mr. John Jones -- The way of transgressors -- Just going to do it -- Making haste to be rich -- Let her pout it out -- A fine, generous fellow -- Taking it for granted -- Love and law. | | | 2003-11-01 |
Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches | Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885 | en | | Taking comfort -- Children: a family scene -- Losing one's temper -- Trouble with servants -- Haven't the change -- Old maids' children -- The mother and boy -- The Christmas party -- Is she a lady? -- Going into mourning -- If that were my child -- I will! -- A mother's influence -- The power of patience -- An old man's recollections. | | | 2003-11-01 |
Soldier Stories | Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 | en | | With the main guard -- The drums of the fore and aft -- The man who was -- The courting of Dinah Shadd -- The incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney -- The taking of Lungtungpen -- The madness of Private Ortheris. | | British -- India -- Fiction; Soldiers -- Fiction; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; India -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 2009-04-08 |
Off-Hand Sketches
A Little Dashed with Humor | Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885 | en | | The circuit-preacher -- The protest -- Retrenchment; or, what a man saved by stopping his newspaper -- Hunting up a testimonial -- Trying to be a gentleman -- Taking a prescription -- The Yankee and the Dutchman; or, I'll give or take -- A tipsy parson -- Much ado about nothing; or, the reason why Mrs. Todd didn't speak to Mrs. Jones -- Almost a tragedy -- That John Mason -- A new way to collect an old debt -- A shocking bad memory -- Driving a hard bargain -- Out of the frying-pan into the fire; or, the love of a house -- Marrying a count -- Job's comforters; or, the lady with the nerves -- The code of honour -- Treating a case actively. | | | 2003-11-01 |
Tiger and Tom and Other Stories for Boys | Various | en | | Tiger and Tom -- Those Scars -- Coals of Fire -- Lyman Dean's Testimonials -- Bert's Thanksgiving -- The Boy and His Spare Moments -- Will Winslow -- Only This Once -- The Right Decision -- The Use of Learning -- Jamie and His Teacher -- With a Will, Joe! -- Effects of Disobedience -- Stand By the Ship -- A Faithful Shepherd Boy -- Dick Harris; or the Boy-Man -- The Way of Safety -- Roger's Lesson -- Bert's Monitors -- A Morning Thought -- The Two Clerks -- Ten Minutes' Delay -- The Premium -- Where the Gold Is -- Taking Him in Hand -- Overworked Boys -- The Best Fun -- Somebody's Mother -- Waiting for the Grist -- A Boy's Lesson in Dishonesty -- A Picture of God -- If You Are Only Honest -- Six Things Behind -- The Old Brown Hand. | | | 2004-06-01 |
Taking Tales
Instructive and Entertaining Reading | Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 | en | | | | Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction; Orphans -- Juvenile fiction; Missing children -- Juvenile fiction; Fishers -- England -- Juvenile fiction; Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction; Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction; England -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction; Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-11-21 |
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 |