| title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
| Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes
Detective Stories | | en | | The Purloined Letter
The Black Hand
The Biter Bit
Missing: Page Thirteen
A Scandal in Bohemia
The Rope of Fear
The Safety Match
Some Scotland Yard Stories; from "Criminals and Crime". | French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936 [Editor] | Ghost stories; Detective and mystery stories; Short stories | 2008-12-13 |
| His Masterpiece | Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 | en | | | Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred, 1853-1922 [Editor] | Impressionist artists -- France -- Paris -- Fiction; Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- Fiction | 2005-05-25 |
| The Hidden Masterpiece | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 | en | | | Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, 1830-1908 [Translator] | | 2004-11-01 |
| The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 | Various | en | | The Contemporary Short Story. By Julius Petersen -- The Ball of Crystal. -- Burning Love. -- Gay Hearts. -- Tonio Kröger. -- Matt the Holy. -- The Styrian Wine-Carter. -- Mara. -- In the Old "Sun." -- Stephen the Smith. -- The Iron Idol. | Francke, Kuno, 1855-1930 [Editor] | | 2010-01-12 |
| The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08
Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English | | en | | The Novel of Provincial Life. By Edwin C. Roedder -- AUERBACH: Little Barefoot. (abridged) -- GOTTHELF: Uli, The Farmhand. -- REUTER: The Bräsig Episodes from Ut mine Stromtid. (abridged) -- STIFTER: Rock Crystal. -- Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl. By Otto Heller -- RIEHL: Field and Forest. -- The Eye for Natural Scenery. -- The Musical Ear. -- The Struggle of the Rococo with the Pigtail. | | | 2004-06-01 |
| The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher
Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy | Aristotle, 384 BC-322 BC | en | | | | | 2004-06-01 |
| Masterpieces of Mystery
Riddle Stories | | en | | The Mysterious Card
The Great Valdez Sapphire
The Oblong Box
The Birth Mark
A Terribly Strange Bed
The Torture by Hope
The Box with the Iron Clamps
My Fascinating Friend
The Lost Room. | French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936 [Editor] | Detective and mystery stories; Ghost stories; Short stories | 2009-08-15 |
| The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07
Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes | Various | en | | The Life of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. By J. Loewenberg. -- Hegel: Introduction to the Philosophy of History. -- The Philosophy of Law. -- Introduction to the Philosophy of Art. -- The Life of Bettina von Arnim. By Henry Wood. -- von Arnim: Goethe's Correspondence with a Child. -- Immermann and His Drama Merlin. By Martin Schütze. -- Immermann's Münchhausen. By Allen Wilson Porterfield. -- Immermann: The Oberhof. -- Gutzkow and Young Germany. By Starr Willard Cutting. -- Gutzkow: Sword and Queue. -- German Lyric Poetry from 1830 to 1848. By John S. Nollen. -- Grün: A Salon Scene. -- Lenau: Prayer. -- Sedge Songs. -- Songs by the Lake. -- The Postilion. -- To the Beloved from Afar. -- The Three Gipsies. -- My Heart. -- Mörike: An Error Chanced. -- A Song for Two in the Night. -- Early Away. -- The Forsaken Maiden. -- Weyla's Song. -- Seclusion. -- The Soldier's Betrothed. -- The Old Weathercock: An Idyll. -- Think of It, My Soul. -- Erinna to Sappho. -- Mozart's Journey from Vienna to Prague. -- von Droste-Hülshoff: Pentecost. -- The House in the Heath. -- The Boy on the Moor. -- On the Tower. -- The Desolate House. -- The Jew's Beech-Tree. -- Freiligrath: The Duration of Love. -- The Emigrants. -- The Lion's Ride. -- The Spectre-Caravan. -- Had I at Mecca's Gate been Nourished. -- Wild Flowers. -- The Dead to the Living. -- Hurrah, Germania! -- The Trumpet of Gravelotte. -- von Strachwitz: Douglas of the Bleeding Heart. -- Herwegh: The Stirrup-Cup. -- Geibel: The Watchman's Song. -- The Call of the Road. -- Autumn Days. -- The Death of Tiberius. | | | 2004-05-01 |
| The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02
Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes | | en | | Introduction to the Elective Affinities. By Calvin Thomas
GOETHE: The Elective Affinities.
Shakespeare and Again Shakespeare.
Oration on Wieland.
The Pedagogic Province (from "Wilhelm Meister's Travels").
Winckelmann and His Age.
Maxims and Reflections.
Eckermann's Conversation with Goethe.
Goethe's Correspondence with Wilhelm von Humboldt and His Wife.
Goethe's Correspondence with K. F. Zelter. | Francke, Kuno, 1855-1930 [Editor] | | 2004-02-01 |
| Little Masterpieces of Science:
Invention and Discovery | | en | | Franklin, B. Lightning identified with electricity -- Faraday, M. Preparing the way for the electric dynamo and motor -- Henry, J. Invention of the electric telegraph -- Iles, G. The first Atlantic cables -- Bell, A. G. The invention of the telephone -- Dam, H. J. W. Photographing the unseen -- Iles, G. The wireless telegraph -- Iles, G. Electricity, what its mastery means: with a review and a prospect -- Rumford, Count (B. Thompson) Heat and motion identified -- Stephenson, G. The "Rocket" locomotive and its victory. | Iles, George, 1852-1942 [Editor] | | 2009-06-25 |
| Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4)
Ghost Stories | | en | | The Listener
Number 13
Joseph: A Story
The Horla
The Beast with Five Fingers
Sister Maddelena
Thrawn Janet
The Yellow Cat
Letter to Sura. | French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936 [Editor] | Detective and mystery stories; Ghost stories; Short stories | 2009-01-06 |
| The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04
Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes | | en | | The Life of Jean Paul. By Benjamin W. Wells. -- Quintus Fixlein's Wedding. -- Rome. -- The Opening of the Will. -- WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT Schiller and the Process of His Intellectual Development. -- The Early Romantic School. By James Taft Hatfield. -- AUGUST WILHELM SCHLEGEL Lectures on Dramatic Art. -- Introduction to Lucinda. By Calvin Thomas. -- Lucinda. -- Aphorisms. -- The Story of Hyacinth and Roseblossom. -- Aphorisms. -- Hymn to Night. -- Though None Thy Name Should Cherish. -- To the Virgin. -- Hyperion's Song of Fate. -- Evening Phantasie. -- Puss in Boots. -- Fair Eckbert. -- The Elves. -- The Life of Heinrich von Kleist. By John S. Nollen. -- Michael Kohlhaas. -- The Prince of Homburg. | | | 2004-04-01 |
| The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01
Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. | | en | | The Life of Goethe. By Calvin Thomas -- Greeting and Departure. -- The Heathrose. -- Mahomet's Song. -- Prometheus. -- The Wanderer's Night-Song. -- The Sea-Voyage. -- To the Moon. -- The Fisherman. -- The Wanderer's Night-Song. -- The Erl-King. -- The Godlike. -- Mignon. -- Proximity of the Beloved One. -- The Shepherd's Lament. -- Nature and Art -- Comfort in Tears. -- Epilog to Schiller's "Song of the Bell." -- Ergo Bibamus. -- The Walking Bell. -- Found. -- Hatem. -- Reunion. -- Procemion. -- The One and The All. -- Lines on Seeing Schiller's Skull. -- A Legacy. -- Introduction to Hermann and Dorothea. By Arthur H. Palmer -- Harmann and Dorothea. -- Introduction to Iphigenia in Tauris. By Arthur H. Palmer -- Iphigenia in Tauris. -- The Faust Legend from Marlowe to Goethe. By Kuno Francke -- Introduction to Faust. by Calvin Thomas -- Faust (Part I & II). | Francke, Kuno, 1855-1930 [Editor] | | 2004-02-01 |
| Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists | | en | | The Science of History. By James Anthony Froude
Race and Language. By Edward A. Freeman
Kin Beyond Sea. By William Ewart Gladstone
Private Judgment. By John Henry Newman
An Apology for Plainspeaking. By Leslie Stephen. | | | 2006-07-10 |
| Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes
Mystic-Humorous Stories | | en | | May-Day Eve -- The Diamond Lens -- The Mummy's Foot -- Mr. Bloke's Item -- A Ghost -- The Man Who Went Too Far -- Chan Tow The Highrob -- The Inmost Light -- The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange -- The Man With The Pale Eyes -- The Rival Ghosts. | French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936 [Editor] | Detective and mystery stories; Short stories; Ghost stories | 2007-11-10 |
| 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 |
| Operas Every Child Should Know
Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces | Bacon, Mary Schell Hoke, 1870-1934 | en | | | | Operas -- Stories, plots, etc.; Music -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature | 2009-05-07 |
| Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers | | en | | Columbus discovers America / Winsor, J. -- Arrival at the Pacific ocean, 1805 / Lewis and Clarke -- The sources of the Mississippi, 1806 / Pike, Z. M. -- Manila in 1842 / Wilkes, C. -- The ascent of Mount Tyndall / King, C. -- The grand cañon of the Colorado is explored / Powell, J. W. | Iles, George, 1852-1942 [Editor] | | 2009-07-24 |
| The German Classics, v. 20
Masterpieces of German Literature | Various | en | | Clarissa Mirabel.
God's Beloved.
The Contemporary German Drama. By Amelia von Ende
Mother Earth.
The Marriage of Sobeide.
The Green Cockatoo.
Literature.
The Court Singer.
Tristram the Jester. | Francke, Kuno, 1855-1930 [Editor] | | 2010-01-25 |
| The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03
Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes | | en | | Life of Schiller. By Calvin Thomas -- To the Ideal -- The Veiled Image at Saïs -- The Ideal and The Actual Life -- Genius -- Votive Tablets (Selections) -- The Maiden from Afar -- The Glove -- The Diver -- The Cranes of Ibycus -- Thee Words of Belief -- The Words of Error -- The Lay of the Bell -- The German Art -- Commencement of the New Century -- Cassandra -- Rudolph of Hapsburg -- Introduction to Wallenstein's Death. By William H. Carruth -- The Death of Wallenstein. -- Introduction to William Tell. By William H. Carruth -- William Tell. -- Homage of the Arts. -- The Thirty Years' War--Last Campaigns of Gustavus Adolphus. -- On the Use of the Chorus in Tragedy. -- Schiller's Correspondence with Goethe. | Francke, Kuno, 1855-1930 [Editor] | | 2004-03-01 |
| Little Masterpieces of Science:
The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer | | en | | The origin of species in summary / C. Darwin -- How "The origin of species" came to be written / C. Darwin -- The descent of man : the argument in brief / C. Darwin -- Mimicry and other protective resemblances among animals / A. R. Wallace -- Evolution of the horse / T. H. Huxley -- Fighting pests with insects allies / L. O. Howard -- The strange story of the flowers : a chapter in modern botany / G. Iles. | Iles, George, 1852-1942 [Editor] | Natural history; Evolution (Biology) | 2009-08-20 |
| The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece | Sedgwick, Anne Douglas, 1873-1935 | en | | | | | 2010-08-23 |
| The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05
Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English | Various | en | | The Romantic Philosophers--Fichte, Schelling, and Schleiermacher. By Frank Thilly -- Schleiermacher: On the Social Element in Religion. -- Gottlieb Fichte: The Destiny of Man. -- Addresses to the German Nation. -- von Schelling: On the Relation of the Plastic Arts to Nature. -- Later German Romanticism. By George H. Danton -- von Arnim and Brentano: The Boy's Magic Horn. (selections) -- Grimm: The Frog King, or Iron Henry -- The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids -- Rapunzel -- Haensel and Grethel -- The Fisherman and His Wife -- Arndt: Song of the Fatherland. -- Union Song. -- Körner: Men and Knaves. -- Lützow's Wild Band. -- Prayer During Battle. -- von Schenkendorf: The Mother Tongue. -- Spring Greeting to the Fatherland. -- Freedom. -- Uhland: The Chapel. -- The Shepherd's Song on the Lord's Day. -- The Castle by the Sea. -- Song of the Mountain Boy. -- Departure. -- Farewell. -- The Hostess' Daughter. -- The Good Comrade. -- The White Hart. -- The Lost Church. -- Charlemagne's Voyage. -- Free Art. -- Taillefer. -- Suabian Legend. -- The Blind King. -- The Minstrel's Curse. -- The Luck of Edenhall. -- On the Death of a Child. -- von Eichendorff: The Broken Ring. -- Morning Prayer. -- From the Life of a Good-for-nothing. -- von Chamisso: The Castle of Boncourt. -- The Lion's Bride. -- Woman's Love and Life. -- The Women of Weinsberg. -- The Crucifix. -- The Old Singer. -- The Old Washerwoman. -- The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl. -- Hoffmann: The Golden Pot. -- Motte-Fouqué: Selections from Undine. -- Hauff: Cavalryman's Morning Song. -- The Sentinel. -- Rückert: Barbarossa. -- From My Childhood Days. -- The Spring of Love. -- He Came to Meet Me. -- The Invitation. -- Murmur Not. -- A Parable. -- Evening Song. -- Chidher. -- At Forty Years. -- Before the Doors. -- von Platen-Hallermund: The Pilgrim Before St. Just's. -- The Grave of Alaric. -- Remorse. -- Would I were Free as are My Dreams. -- Sonnet. | | | 2004-07-12 |
| 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 |
| 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 |