title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Maid Marian | Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866 | en | | | | Maid Marian (Legendary character) -- Fiction; Historical fiction; Adventure stories; Love stories; Great Britain -- History -- Richard I, 1189-1199 -- Fiction; Women outlaws -- Fiction; Sherwood Forest (England) -- Fiction; Robin Hood (Legendary character) -- Fiction | 1997-07-01 |
Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | The loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton -- On the decay of the art of lying -- About magnanimous-incident literature -- The grateful poodle -- The benevolent author -- The grateful husband -- Punch, brothers, punch -- The great revolution in Pitcairn -- The canvasser's tale -- An encounter with an interviewer -- Paris notes -- Legend of Sagenfeld, in Germany -- Speech on the babies -- Speech on the weather -- Concerning the American language -- Rogers. | | Short stories; Essays | 2004-09-16 |
A Memory Of The Southern Seas
1904 | Becke, Louis, 1855-1913 | en | From: Chinkie's Flat and Other Stories. | Captain "Bully" Hayes -- The "whale cure" -- The sea "salmon" season in Australia -- "Jack Shark" -- Some Pacific Islands fishes -- "Luck" -- Bull-dogs of the sea -- "Revenge" -- Saunderson and the dynamite -- The stealing of Sa Luia. | | Pacific Area -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Short stories; South Pacific Ocean -- Fiction | 2008-03-11 |
Flower Fables | Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 | en | | The frost king, or, The power of love -- Eva's visit to fairy-land -- The flower's lesson -- Lily-Bell and Thistledown -- Little Bud -- Clover-Blossom -- Little Annie's dream, or, The fairy flower -- Ripple, the water-spirit -- Fairy song. | | Fairy tales -- United States; Children's stories, American; Short stories; Flowers -- Juvenile fiction; Flowers -- Juvenile poetry; Fairies -- Juvenile poetry | 1994-09-01 |
Droll Stories — Volume 2 | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 | en | Translation of: Les contes drôlatiques
See also: Vol 1: #1925, Vol 3: #2551, and the complete work #13260 | The Three Clerks of Saint Nicholas -- The Continence of King Francis The First -- The Merry Tattle of the Nuns of Poissy -- How the Chateau d'Azay Came To Be Built -- The False Courtesan -- The Danger of Being Too Innocent -- The Dear Night of Love -- The Sermon of the Merry Vicar of Meudon -- The Succubus -- Despair in Love | | Humorous stories; French literature -- 19th century; France -- Fiction; French literature | 2004-08-23 |
Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective
Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express | Pinkerton, A. Frank [pseud.] | en | | Dyke Darrel the railroad detective -- Won by crime. | | Detective and mystery stories; Railroad stories; Crime -- Fiction | 2004-06-01 |
Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories
1898 | Becke, Louis, 1855-1913 | en | | Rodman the boatsteerer -- A point of theology on Maduro -- A man of impulse -- The trader -- Mrs. Clinton -- The cutting off of the "Queen Charlotte" -- The Peruvian slavers -- A question of precedence -- A touch of the tar-brush -- The trader's wife -- Nina -- The East Indian cousin -- Proctor the drunkard -- A Ponapean convenance -- In the king's service -- Oxley, the privateersman -- The escapee -- Ema, the half-blood -- Leassé -- The trouble with Jinaban. | | Pacific Area -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Short stories; Oceania -- Fiction | 2008-03-15 |
The Hungry Stones and Other Stories | Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941 | en | | The hungry stones -- The victory -- Once there was a king -- The home-coming -- My lord, the baby -- The kingdom of cards -- The devotee -- Vision -- The babus of Nayanjore -- Living or dead? -- "We crown the king." -- The renunciation -- The Cabuliwallah [The Fruitseller from Cabul] | | India -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Short stories, Bengali -- Translations into English; Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941 -- Translations into English | 2001-02-01 |
Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories | | en | | | | | 2010-10-01 |
Faro Nell and Her Friends
Wolfville Stories | Lewis, Alfred Henry, 1857-1914 | en | | Dead-Shot Baker -- Old Man Enright's uncle -- Cynthiana, pet-named original sin -- Old Monte, official drunkard -- How the mocking bird was won -- That Wolfville-Red Dog Fourth -- Propriety Pratt, hypnotist -- That Turner person -- Red Mike -- How Tutt shot Texas Thompson -- The funeral of Old Holt -- Spelling Book Ben. | | Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction; Humorous stories, American; Ranch life -- Fiction; Cowboys -- Fiction; Western stories; Arizona -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 2009-07-22 |
The Path of Duty, and Other Stories | Caswell, Harriet S., 1834- | en | | Clara Roscom, or The path of duty -- Terry Dolan -- The faithful wife -- Emma Ashton -- Thoughts on Autumn -- Wandering Davy -- Looking on the dark side -- Edward Barton -- The weary at rest -- The rainy afternoon -- The student's dream -- Uncle Ephraim -- Story of a log cabin -- Hazel-Brook farm -- Old Rufus -- The diamond ring -- The unfortunate man -- The old schoolhouse -- Arthur Sinclair -- The snow storm -- The new year -- Earnest Harwood, or The adopted son. | | Pastoral fiction; Short stories; Family -- Fiction; Friendship -- Fiction; Country life -- Fiction | 2006-04-15 |
Shorty McCabe on the Job | Ford, Sewell, 1868-1946 | en | | Wishing a new one on Shorty -- A few squirms by Bayard -- Peeking in on Pedders -- Two singles to Goober -- The case of a female party -- How Millie shook the jinx -- Reverse English on Sonny Boy -- Gumming Gopher to the map -- What Lindy had up her sleeve -- A case of nobody home -- Under the wire with Edwin -- A fifty-fifty split with Hunk -- A follow through by Eggy -- Catching up with Gerald -- Shorty hears from Pemaquid -- Scratch one on Bulgaroo -- Bayard ducks his past -- Trailing Dudley through a trance -- A little while with Alvin. | | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction; Humorous stories; Short stories, American | 2007-04-07 |
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 |
Astounding Stories, August, 1931 | Various | en | | | | | 2010-06-28 |
The History of Tom Thumb and Other Stories. | Anonymous | en | | | | | 2004-02-01 |
Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories
The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 | Various | en | | | | | 2006-12-02 |
Astounding Stories, June, 1931 | Various | en | | | | | 2010-04-05 |
Twilight Stories | | en | | Christmas day -- The only woman in the town -- The conquest of Fairyland -- Kentucky Belle -- Prophecies -- Why he was whipped -- "Apples Finkey": the water-boy -- The soldier's reprieve -- Little brown thrushes -- The story of the empty sleeve -- Facing the world -- Robert of Lincoln -- "Dixie" and "Yankee Doodle" -- The barefoot boy -- Babouscka -- Daisies -- Driving home the cows -- The baby's kiss -- The lost diamond snuff box -- The American flag -- Aunt Polly Shedd's brigade -- Corinne's musicale -- Barbara Frietchie -- Sheridan's ride -- The children's hour -- Caryl's plum -- Our two opinions. | | Children's literature; Short stories; Poetry | 1996-07-01 |
Harry's Ladder to Learning | Anonymous | en | | Part I. Harry's horn-book -- Part II. Harry's picture-book -- Part III. Harry's nursery songs -- Part IV. Harry's nursery tales -- Part V. Harry's simple stories -- Part VI. Harry's country walks. | | Picture books for children; Children's poetry; Children's stories; Country life -- Juvenile fiction; Nursery rhymes; Readers | 2008-02-19 |
Good Stories from the Ladies' Home Journal | Various | en | | | | | 2004-07-07 |
Hero Stories from American History
For Elementary Schools | | en | | | | | 2010-01-26 |
Devil Stories
An Anthology | Various | en | | | Rudwin, Maximilian J. [Editor] | | 2010-03-24 |
Cousin Hatty's Hymns and Twilight Stories | | en | | | | | 2004-04-01 |
Beasts and Super-Beasts | Saki, 1870-1916 | en | | The she-wolf -- Laura -- The boar-pig -- The Brogue -- The hen -- The open window -- The treasure-ship -- The cobweb -- The lull -- The unkindest blow -- The romancers -- The Schartz-Metterklume method -- The seventh pullet -- The blind spot -- Dusk -- A touch of realism -- Cousin Teresa -- The Yarkand manner -- The Byzantine omelette -- The Feast of Nemesis -- The dreamer -- The quince tree -- The forbidden buzzards -- The stake -- Clovis on parental responsibilities -- A holiday task -- The stalled ox -- The story-teller -- A defensive diamond -- The elk -- Down pens -- The name-day -- The lumber room -- Fur -- The philanthropist and the happy cat -- On approval. | | Short stories, English; Supernatural -- Fiction; Humorous stories | 1995-05-01 |
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 |