title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
The Lost Road | Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 | en | | The Lost Road -- The Miracle Of Las Palmas -- Evil To Him Who Evil Thinks -- The Men Of Zanzibar -- The Long Arm -- The God Of Coincidence -- The Buried Treasure Of Cobre -- The Boy Scout -- Somewhere In France -- The Deserter | | Zanzibar -- Fiction; Short stories; Europe -- History -- Ottoman Wars -- First Balkan War, 1912-1913; Cuba -- History; Greece -- History; Spy stories; Philippines -- History; Panama Canal (Panama); United States -- History -- Philippine-American War -- Fiction | 2000-08-01 |
High Adventure
A Narrative of Air Fighting in France | Hall, James Norman, 1887-1951 | en | | | | Aeronautics, Military; Hall, James Norman, 1887-1951; Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American; World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, French; France. Armée. Escadrille Lafayette -- Biography; Fighter pilots -- France -- Biography | 2008-02-11 |
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 |
A Confederate Girl's Diary | Dawson, Sarah Morgan, 1842-1909 | en | | | | Dawson, Sarah Morgan, 1842-1909 -- Diaries; Women -- Louisiana -- Diaries; Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate | 2008-04-05 |
The Choctaw Freedmen
and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy | Flickinger, Robert Elliott, 1846- | en | | | | Alice Lee Elliott Memorial School -- History; Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen -- History; Freedmen -- Oklahoma -- History; African Americans -- Oklahoma -- History; African Americans -- Education -- Oklahoma -- History; Five Civilized Tribes -- History; Religion in the public schools -- United States -- History; Valliant (Okla.) -- History; Valliant (Okla.) -- Church history; Valliant (Okla.) -- Biography | 2007-11-04 |
Engineering Bulletin No 1: Boiler and Furnace Testing | Strohm, Rufus T. (Rufus Tracy), 1877- | en | | Title Page
Foreword
Boiler and Furnace Testing
Necessity for Testing Boilers
Weighing the Coal
Measuring the Feed Water
Temperature of Feed Water
Steam Pressure
Working up the Test
Boiler Horsepower or Capacity
Heating Surface
Cost of Evaporation
Table of Test Results
How to Use the Test Results
Table of Factors of Evaporation
Table of Factors of Evaporation—Concluded
Publications on the Utilization of Coal and Lignite
Publications Available for Free Distribution
Publications That May Be Obtained Only Through the Superintendent of Documents | | Government -- United States; Furnaces; Steam-boilers | 2006-12-20 |
Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association | Intercollegiate Peace Association | en | | Foreword / C. F. Thwing -- The Intercollegiate peace association / S. F. Weston -- The conflict of war and peace / Paul Smith -- The United States and universal peace / G. P. Wishard -- The evolution of world peace / L. T. Pennington -- The waste of war--the wealth of peace / A. F. Young -- The hope of peace / S. H. Howe -- The Roosevelt theory of war / P. V. Blanshard -- National honor and vital interests / Russell Weisman -- The evolution of patriotism / P. B. Blanshard -- Certain phases of the peace movement / Calvert Magruder -- The assurance of peace / V. M. Welsh -- Education for peace / F. J. Lyons -- National honor and peace / Louis Broido -- The new nationalism and the peace movement / R. D. Lucas -- Man's moral nature the hope of universal peace / Victor Morris -- The task of the twentieth century / Harold Husted -- The present status of international arbitration / Bryant Smith. | Weston, Stephen Francis, 1855-1935 [Editor] | Peace; War | 2009-10-01 |
Americans All
Stories of American Life of To-Day | | en | | The Right Promethean Fire, by Martin -- Sketch of George Madden Martin -- The Land of Heart's Desire, by Kelly -- Sketch of Myra Kelly -- The Tenor, by Bunner -- Sketch of H. C. Bunner -- The Passing of Priscilla Winthrop, by White -- Sketch of William Allen White -- The Gift of the Magi, by Henry -- Sketch of O. Henry -- The Gold Brick, by Whitlock -- Sketch of Brand Whitlock -- His Mother's Son, by Ferber -- Sketch of Edna Ferber -- Bitter-Sweet, by Hurst -- Sketch of Fannie Hurst -- The Riverman, by White -- Sketch of Stewart E. White -- Flint and Fire; How "Flint and Fire" Started and Grew, by Canfield -- Sketch of Dorothy Canfield -- The Ordeal at Mt. Hope, by Dunbar -- Sketch of Paul Laurence Dunbar -- Israel Drake, by Mayo -- Sketch of Katherine Mayo -- The Struggles and Triumph of Isidro de los Maestros, by Hopper -- Sketch of James M. Hopper -- The Citizen, by Dwyer -- Sketch of James F. Dwyer. | Heydrick, Benjamin A. (Benjamin Alexander), 1871-1932? [Editor] | Short stories, American; United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 2007-10-26 |
Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy
A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. | Anonymous | en | | Adventures of Capt. Woodward and Five Seamen in the island of Celebes -- An Occurrence at sea -- Loss of H. B. M ship Phœnix, off Cuba -- An account of the Whale Fishery, with anecdotes of the dangers attending it -- Loss of the Brig Tyrrel -- Loss of the Peggy -- Loss of H. B. M. ship Litchfield -- Wreck of the Rothsay Castle Steamer -- Loss of the French ship Droits de L'Homme -- Loss of H. B. M. ship Queen Charlotte -- A Scene on the Atlantic Ocean -- Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank -- Loss of the Royal George -- Loss of the Æneas, transport -- The Absent Ship -- Loss of the Halsewell, East Indiaman -- An account of Four Russians, abandoned on the Island of East Spitzbergen -- Loss of the Amphitrite, Female Convict Ship -- The Mutineers, a Tale of the Sea -- Fate of Seven Sailors, left on the island of St. Maurice -- Seamen wintering in Spitzbergen -- A Man Overboard -- An Escape through the Cabin-Windows -- Tom Cringle's Log -- Loss of the Nautilus, Sloop of War -- Wreck of a Slave Ship -- The Wrecked Seamen -- Adventures of Philip Ashton -- Explosion of H. B. M. ship Amphion -- Loss of H. B. M. ship La Tribune -- Burning of the Prince, a French East Indiaman -- Wreck of the Schooner Betsey -- Early American Heroism -- Fingal's Cave -- Loss of H. B. M. ship Ramillies -- Preservation of Nine Seamen -- Capt. Ross's Expedition -- Loss of the Catharine, Venus, and Piedmont, transports, and three Merchant Ships -- Wreck of the Ship Sidney -- Loss of the Duke William, transport -- Commodore Barney -- Naval Battles of the United States -- Address to the Ocean. | | Shipwrecks; Mutiny; Pirates; Seafaring life | 2008-07-06 |
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 |