| title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
| Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship | Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 | en | | Biographical -- My First Visit to New England -- First Impressions of Literary New York -- Roundabout to Boston -- Literary Boston As I Knew It -- Oliver Wendell Holmes -- The White Mr. Longfellow -- Studies of Lowell -- Cambridge Neighbors -- A Belated Guest -- My Mark Twain. | | American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Authors, American | 2004-10-22 |
| Harvard Classics Volume 28
Essays English and American | | en | | Jonathan Swift by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
What is a University?; Site of a University; University Life at Athens by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
The Study of Poetry by MATTHEW ARNOLD
Sesame: of Kings' Treasuries; Lilies: of Queens' Gardens by JOHN RUSKIN
John Milton by WALTER BAGEHOT
Science and Culture by THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
Race and Language by EDWARD AUGUSTUS FREEMAN
Truth of Intercourse; Samuel Pepys by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
On the Elevation of the Laboring Classes by WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING
The Poetic Principle by EDGAR ALLAN POE
Walking by HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Abraham Lincoln; Democracy by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. | Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926 [Editor] | English essays; American essays | 2007-06-29 |
| My Literary Passions | Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 | en | | The 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 -- Tolstoy | | | 2004-10-22 |
| The Literary World Seventh Reader | | en | | Rip 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 |
| The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) | Various | en | | A Boston Ballad, by Whitman -- A Branch Library, by Flagg -- The Chief Mate, by Lowell -- Columbia and the Cowboy, by MacGowan -- A Daniel Come to Judgment, by Cooke -- Darius Green and His Flying Machine, by Trowbridge -- "The Day is Done", by Cary -- Dictum Sapienti by Paul -- The Duluth Speech, by Knott -- The Enchanted Hat, by MacGrath -- Eve's Daughter, by Sill -- Fate, by Munkittrick -- The Final Choice, by Cooke -- The Forbearance of the Admiral, by Irwin -- The Gentle Art of Boosting, by Bangs -- The Girl and the Julep, by Hough -- Grandfather Squeers, by Riley -- Guest at the Ludlow, by Nye -- Hard, by Masson -- Hon. Ranson Peabody, by Ade -- Icarus, by Saxe -- Is it I? by Price -- Johnny's Lessons, by Rankin -- Kaiser's Farewell to Prince Henry, by Taylor -- The Life Elixir of Marthy, by Neff -- Litigation, by Arp -- Mr. Carteret and His Fellow Americans Abroad, by Gray -- Mr. Dooley on Golf, by Dunne -- Niagara be Dammed, by Irwin -- Not According to Schedule, by Cutting -- Nothing to Wear, by Butler -- One of the Palls, by Robinson -- Paper: A Poem, by Franklin -- The Road to a Woman's Heart, by Slick -- The Sceptics, by Carman -- A Staccato to O Le Lupe, by Carman -- Table Manners, by Flagg -- The V-A-S-E, by Roche -- Vive la Bagatelle, by Scollard -- When the Sirup's on the Flapjack, by Taylor. | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2008-01-26 |
| 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 |
| Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor
Volume I | Various | en | | IRVING -- 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.) | Various | en | | Anatole 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 -- Humor | 2006-05-28 |
| Standard Selections
A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From
Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform | | en | | The Arena Scene from "Quo Vadis?". -- The Arrow and the Song. -- Aux Italiens. -- Bobby Shafto. -- Carcassonne. -- The Child-wife. -- Count Gismond. -- The Death of Arbaces. -- Dora. -- An Easter with Parepa. -- Those Evening Bells. -- Ginevra. -- The High Tide at Lincolnshire. -- How Did You Die?. -- The Indigo Bird. -- The Jackdaw of Rheims. -- Jaffar. -- Jim Bludsoe. -- King Robert of Sicily. -- The Lady of Shalott; Tennyson. A Legend of Service. -- Little Boy Blue; Field. -- Mary's Night Ride. -- Nydia, the Blind Girl. -- O Captain, My Captain!. -- On the Other Train. -- The Pansy. -- The Revenge; Tennyson. -- The Rider of the Black Horse. -- Sailing beyond Seas. -- The Sands of Dee. -- The School of Squeers. -- The Secret of Death; Arnold. -- Shamus O'Brien. -- My Ships. -- The Soldier's Reprieve. -- The Song; Scott. -- The Stirrup Cup. -- The Swan-song; Brooks. -- Sweet Afton. -- Violet's Blue. -- To a Waterfowl. -- The Wedding Gown. -- When the Snow Sifts Through. -- To a Wild Flower. -- The Fate of Zoroaster. -- Centennial Hymn. -- The Chambered Nautilus. -- Crossing the Bar. -- The Destruction of Sennacherib. -- Each and All. -- Laus Deo!. -- The Pilgrim Fathers. -- The Present Crisis; Lowell. -- The Recessional. -- The Sacredness of Work. -- What's Hallowed Ground?. -- The Encroachments of Philip. -- Oration against Antony; Cicero. -- Undue Lamentations over the Dead; Chrysostom. -- On Applauding Preachers; Chrysostom. -- On the Death of the Prince of Condé; Bossuet. -- War with America; Chatham. -- Attempt to Subjugate America; Chatham. -- Impeachment of Hastings; Burke. -- Conciliation with America; Burke. -- English Privileges in America; Burke. -- Bunker Hill Monument; Webster. -- Revolutionary Patriots; Webster. -- Character of Washington; Webster. -- The Call to Arms; Henry. -- Coercion of Delinquent States; Hamilton. -- The Reply to Hayne; Webster. -- The Murder of Lovejoy; Phillips. -- The Slavery Issue; Lincoln. -- Moral Aspect of the American War; Beecher. -- Abolition of War; Sumner | | | 2006-11-27 |