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A Sermon Preached at the Quaker's Meeting House, in Gracechurch-Street, London, Eighth Month 12th, 1694.Penn, William, 1644-1718en2007-02-06
The Man Who Stole A Meeting-House 1878, From "Coupon Bonds"Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend), 1827-1916en2007-10-24
Original Short Stories — Volume 02Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893enThe colonel's ideas -- Mother Sauvage -- Epiphany -- The mustache -- Madame Baptiste -- The question of Latin -- A meeting -- The blind man -- Indiscretion -- A family affair -- Beside Schopenhauer's corpse.2004-10-03
On the Decay of the Art of LyingTwain, Mark, 1835-1910enEssay, for discussion, read at a meeting of the Historical and Antiquarian Club of Hartford, and offered for the thirty-dollar prize. (Did not take the prize.)2004-09-15
Meeting of the BoardNourse, Alan Edward, 1928-1992enScience fiction; Short stories; Satire; Industrial relations -- Fiction2007-10-03
Side Show StudiesMetcalfe, FrancisenThe liberty of Franz and the rebellion of Fuzzy Wuzzy -- The bite of a rattler and the sad fate of Big Pete -- The amorous baboon -- Feeding the serpents and a grand transformation -- The lioness skirt dance and the inconsiderate python -- The animal barometer and the eternal feminine -- Making a star lion and an interrupted temperance meeting -- Kalsomining an elephant -- The hypnotic bear and the sentimental lecturer -- The tragedy of the tigers and the power of hypnotism.Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935 [Illustrator]2007-11-19
The Red Romance BookenHow William of Palermo was carried off by the Werwolf -- The Disenchantment of the Werwolf -- The Slaying of Hallgerda's Husbands -- The Death of Gunnar -- Njal's Burning -- The Lady of Solace -- Una and the Lion -- How the Red Cross Knight slew the Dragon -- Amys and Amyle -- The Tale of the Cid -- The Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance -- The Adventure of the Two Armies who turned out to be Flocks of Sheep -- The Adventure of the Boiling Lights -- The Helmet of Mambrino -- How Don Quixote was Enchanted while guarding the Castle -- Don Quixote’s Home-coming -- The Meeting of Huon and Oberon, King of the Fairies -- How Oberon saved Huon -- Havelok and Goldborough -- Cupid and Psyche -- Sir Bevis the Strong -- Ogier the Dane -- How the Ass became a Man again -- Guy of Warwick -- How Bradamante conquered the Wizard -- The Ring of Bradamante -- The Fulfilling of the Prophecy -- The Knight of the Sun -- How the Knight of the Sun rescued his Father.2008-02-15
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X)VariousenAraminta and the Automobile, by Loomis -- At Aunty's House, by Riley -- The Backsliding Brother, by Stanton -- Biggs' Bar, by Sutherland -- A Bookworm's Plaint, by Scollard -- Breitmann in Politics, by Leland -- A Concord Love Song, by Roche -- Contentment, by Holmes -- The Demon of the Study, by Whittier -- Der Oak Und Der Vine, by Adams -- A Double-Dyed Deceiver, by O. Henry -- Dum Vivimus Vigilamus, by Paul -- The Evidence in the Case of Smith vs. Jones, by Clemens -- Fall Styles in Faces, by Irwin -- "Festina Lente", by Burdette -- The Genial Idiot Discusses Leap Year, by Bangs -- The Great Prize Fight, by Clemens -- Had a Set of Double Teeth, by Day -- The Height of the Ridiculous, by Holmes -- Her Brother: Enfant Terrible, by Sabin -- Hezekiah Bedott's Opinion, by Whicher -- His Grandmother's Way, by Stanton -- The Invisible Prince, by Harland -- The Jackpot, by Ironquill -- Jacob, by Cary -- Johnny's Pa, by Nesbit -- A Lay of Ancient Rome, by Ybarra -- Little Bopeep and Little Boy Blue, by Peck -- Love Song, by Leland -- Maxims, by Franklin -- The Meeting, by Riser -- Mister Rabbit's Love Affair, by Stanton -- A Mother of Four, by Tompkins -- A Mothers' Meeting, by Bridges -- Nevada Sketches, by Clemens -- A New Year Idyl, by Field -- An Old-Time Singer, by Stanton -- Oncl' Antoine on 'Change, by Amsbary -- Our Hired Girl, by Riley -- Plain Language from Truthful James, by Harte -- A Poe-'em of Passion, by Lummis -- Possession, by Lampton -- The Real Diary of a Real Boy, by Shute -- The Reason, by Ironquill -- Rubaiyat of Mathieu Lattellier, by Amsbary -- Settin' by the Fire, by Stanton -- A Shining Mark, by Ironquill -- "There's a Bower of Bean-Vines", by Cary -- To Bary Jade, by Adams -- Tom's Money, by Spofford -- The Trial that Job Missed, by Harris -- Trouble-Proof, by Sabin -- Uncle Bentley and the Roosters, by Carruth -- Unsatisfied Yearning, by Munkittrick -- What Lack We Yet, by Burdette -- When Lovely Woman, by Cary -- The Whisperer, by Ironquill -- Why Wait for Death and TimeWilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor]American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor2008-01-26
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873VariousenILLUSTRATIONS SEARCHING FOR THE QUININE-PLANT IN PERU. Concluding Paper. A GLANCE AT THE SITE AND ANTIQUITIES OF ATHENS By J.L.T. PHILLIPS. COMMONPLACE By CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON. PROBATIONER LEONHARD; OR, THREE NIGHTS IN THE HAPPY VALLEY By CAROLINE CHESEBRO. Chapter IV.—The Test—With Mental Reservations. Chapter V.—Sister Benigna. Chapter VI.—The Men Of Spenersberg. Chapter VII.—The Book. CHAPTER VIII.—Conference Meeting. CHAPTER IX.—Will The Architect Have Employment? COUNTRY-HOUSE LIFE IN ENGLAND By REGINALD WYNFORD. THE FOREST OF ARDEN By ITA ANIOL PROKOP. JACK, THE REGULAR By THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH. OBSERVATIONS AND ADVENTURES IN SUBMARINE DIVING By WILL WALLACE HARNEY. CONFIDENTIAL. GLIMPSES OF JOHN CHINAMAN By PRENTICE MULFORD. A WINTER REVERIE By MILLIE W. CARPENTER. "PASSPORTS, GENTLEMEN!" By A.H. OUR MONTHLY GOSSIP. The Cornwallis Family. Novelties In Ethnology. The Steam-whistle. Siamese News. Madison As A Temperance Man. LITERATURE OF THE DAY. Books Received.2004-10-05
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.)VariousenAlphabet of Celebrities, by Herford -- Assault and Battery, by Baldwin -- The Associated Widows, by Roof -- Bill Nations, by Arp -- The Brakeman at Church, by Burdette -- Breitmann and the Turners, by Leland -- By Bay and Sea, by Bangs -- The Camp-Meeting, by Hall -- The Critic, by Lampton -- A Cupid, A Crook, by Townsend -- The Dubious Future, by Nye -- An Educational Project, by Greene -- Fable, by Emerson -- The Goat, by Munkittrick -- The Happy Land, by Batchelder -- He and She, by Ironquill -- Holly Song, by Scollard -- How Mr. Terrapin Lost His Beard, by Culbertson -- How Mr. Terrapin Lost His Plumage and Whistle, by Culbertson -- In Defense of an Offering, by Ford -- It is Time to Begin to Conclude, by Laidlaw -- Jack Balcomb's Pleasant Ways, by Nicholson -- The Lost Inventor, by Irwin -- Margins, by Burdette -- My Cigarette, by Lummis -- Nonsense Verses, by Burgess -- Notary of Perigueux, by Longfellow -- Nothin' Done, by Stinson -- Omar in the Klondyke, by Sutherland -- The Prayer of Cyrus Brown, by Foss -- A Rhyme for Christmas, by Challing -- The Siege of Djklxprwbz, by Ironquill -- The Skeleton in the Closet, by Hale -- Songs Without Words, by Burdette -- Talk, by Paul -- Triolets -- Two Cases of Grip, by Quad -- Utah, by Field -- The Wicked Zebra, by Batchelder -- Winter Fancy, by Munkittrick -- What She Said About It, by Paul -- The Woman-Hater Reformed, by Greene -- Women and Bargains, by Allen.Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor]American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor2006-09-18
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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