title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | | | Impostors and imposture -- Fiction; Race relations -- Fiction; Trials (Murder) -- Fiction; Missouri -- Fiction; Infants switched at birth -- Fiction; Legal stories; Passing (Identity) -- Fiction | 2004-09-14 |
The Octopus : A story of California | Norris, Frank, 1870-1902 | en | | | | Mussel Slough Tragedy, 1880 -- Fiction; Wheat farmers -- Fiction; Farmers -- Fiction; San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) -- Fiction; California -- Fiction; Didactic fiction; Railroad stories | 2008-07-11 |
New Chronicles of Rebecca | Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923 | en | | Jack o' Lantern -- Daughters of Zion -- Rebecca's thought book -- A tragedy in millinery -- The saving of the colors -- The state o' Maine girl -- The little prophet -- Abner Simpson's new leaf -- The green isle -- Rebecca's reminiscences -- Abijah the brave and the fair Emmanjane. | | Girls -- Juvenile fiction; Aunts -- Juvenile fiction | 1998-07-01 |
Earth's Enigmas
A Volume of Stories | Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir, 1860-1943 | en | | Do seek their meat from God -- The perdu -- "The young ravens that call upon him" -- Within sound of the saws -- The butt of the camp -- In the accident ward -- The romance of an ox-team -- A tragedy of the tides -- At the rough-and-tumble landing -- An experience of Jabez Batterpole -- The stone dog -- The barn on the marsh -- Captain Joe and Jamie -- Strayed -- The eye of Gluskâp. | | Manners and customs -- Fiction; Short stories | 2006-12-30 |
Golden Stories
A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers | Various | en | | The Night Express -- Over The Garden Wall -- Rural Insurance -- His Honor, The District Judge -- A Fog-horn Conclusion -- Mary Jane's Diversion -- Between Friends -- The Hammerpond Burglary -- A Fo'c's'le Tragedy -- The Adopted Son -- Providence And Mrs. Urmy -- The Million Dollar Freight Train -- The Bulldog Breed -- Ice In June -- The Ditty-box -- The Yellow Cat -- A Cock And Policeman -- Prisoners In The Tower -- Sankey's Double-header -- Aunt Mary Telegraphs -- The Vengeance Of The Wolf -- The Wooing Of Bettina -- The Jam God -- When Father Worked. | | | 2006-09-22 |
Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales | Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921 | en | | Montezuma's castle -- The amateur championship -- The tragedy of the White Tanks -- Too close for comfort -- The strange powder of the Jou Jou priests -- An Aztec mummy -- A lesson in chemistry -- An interesting ghost -- The mound of eternal silence -- The story of a bad Indian -- A queer coincidence -- The story of an insane sailor -- The elixir of life -- The Voodoo idol -- An Arizona episode -- One touch of nature. | | | 2008-10-22 |
The Daughter of the Storage
And Other Things in Prose and Verse | Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 | en | | The daughter of the storage -- A presentiment -- Captain Dunlevy's last trip -- The return to favor -- Somebody's mother -- The face at the window -- An experience -- The boarders -- Breakfast is my best meal -- The mother-bird -- The amigo -- Black Cross farm -- The critical book-store -- A feast of reason -- City and country in the fall -- Table talk -- The escapade of a grandfather -- Self-sacrifice: a farce-tragedy -- The night before Christmas. | | Short stories; Poetry | 2009-09-18 |
Side Show Studies | Metcalfe, Francis | en | | The 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 |
Off-Hand Sketches
A Little Dashed with Humor | Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885 | en | | The circuit-preacher -- The protest -- Retrenchment; or, what a man saved by stopping his newspaper -- Hunting up a testimonial -- Trying to be a gentleman -- Taking a prescription -- The Yankee and the Dutchman; or, I'll give or take -- A tipsy parson -- Much ado about nothing; or, the reason why Mrs. Todd didn't speak to Mrs. Jones -- Almost a tragedy -- That John Mason -- A new way to collect an old debt -- A shocking bad memory -- Driving a hard bargain -- Out of the frying-pan into the fire; or, the love of a house -- Marrying a count -- Job's comforters; or, the lady with the nerves -- The code of honour -- Treating a case actively. | | | 2003-11-01 |
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories | Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 | en | | Strength of Gideon--Mammy Peggy's Pride--Viney's Free Papers--The Fruitful Sleeping of The Rev. Elisha Edwards--The Ingrate--The Case of 'Ca'line'--The Finish of Patsy Barnes--One Man's Fortunes--Jim's Probation--Uncle Simon's Sundays Out--Mr. Cornelius Johnson, Office-Seeker--An Old-Time Christmas--A Mess of Pottage--The Trustfulness of Polly--The Tragedy at Three Forks--The Finding of Zach--Johnsonham, Junior--The Faith Cure Man--A Council of State--Silas Jackson | | | 2005-05-23 |
Dramatic Romances | Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 | en | | Introduction -- Incident of the French Camp -- The Patriot -- My Last Duchess -- Count Gismond -- The Boy and the Angel -- Instans Tyrannus -- Mesmerism -- The Glove -- Time's Revenges -- The Italian in England -- The Englishman in Italy -- In a Gondola -- Waring -- The Twins -- A Light Woman -- The Last Ride Together -- The Pied Piper of Hamelin: A Child's Story -- The Flight of the Duchess -- A Grammarian's Funeral -- The Heretic's Tragedy -- Holy-Cross Day -- Protus -- The Statue and the Bust -- Porphyria's Lover -- "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came". | | | 2003-07-01 |
Anarchism and Other Essays | Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940 | en | Includes biographic sketch by Hippolyte Havel. | Biographic Sketch Preface -- Anarchism: What It Really Stands For -- Minorities Versus Majorities -- The Psychology of Political Violence -- Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure -- Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty -- Francisco Ferrer and The Modern School -- The Hypocrisy of Puritanism -- The Traffic in Women -- Woman Suffrage -- The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation -- Marriage and Love -- The Drama: A Powerful Disseminator of Radical Thought. | | Women -- Social and moral questions; Feminism; Anarchism | 2000-04-01 |
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 |
The Historical Nights' Entertainment
Second Series | Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 | en | | The absolution: Affonso Henriques, first king of Portugal -- The false Demetrius: Boris Godunov and the pretended son of Ivan the Terrible -- The hermosa fembra: an episode of the Inquisition in Seville -- The pastry-cook of Madrigal: the story of the false Sebastian of Portugal -- The end of the "vert galant": the assassination of Henry IV -- The barren wooing: the murder of Amy Robsart -- Sir Judas: the betrayal of Sir Walter Raleigh -- His Insolence of Buckingham: George Villiers' courtship of Anne of Austria -- The path of exile: the fall of Lord Clarendon -- The tragedy of Herrenhausen: Count Philip Königsmark and the Princess Sophia Dorothea -- The tyrannicide: Charlotte Corday and Jean Paul Marat. | | | 2005-04-01 |
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls | | en | | Gloria Dene's schoolfellows, by Ryeman -- My year at school, by Watson -- The silver star, by Holderness -- Uncle Tone, by Godkin -- A night on the road, by Watson -- The missing letter, by Chappell -- "The colonel", by Dicken -- Nettie, by Sayers -- The magic cabinet, by Hooper -- Only Tim, by Doudney -- Smith's sister, by Overton -- The colonel's boy, by Hervey -- 'Twixt life and death, by Joughin -- Rose's birthday present, by Delbrassine -- Dolly Hardcastle's rosebuds, by Pearce -- A tale of Simla, by Bourchier -- The Trevern treasure, by Hardy -- A memorable day, by Doudney -- Dora, by Miles -- Little peace, by Ryeman -- The story of Wassili and Daria, by Guillemard -- Marjorie May, by Everett-Green -- Fourth cousins, by Stables -- The pedlar's pack, by Jackson -- The unbidden guest, by Forester -- The wreck of the May Queen, by Jackson -- Adrift on the Pacific, by Jackson -- A strange visitor, by Heighington -- The third person singular, by Hardy -- "How Jack minded the baby", by Pinho -- My grandmother's adventure, by Miles -- A terrible Christmas Eve, by Jackson -- A night of horror, by Miles -- Aunt Grieves' silver, by Jackson -- Billjim, by Le Sotgille -- The legends of Langaffer, by Caumont -- How Cicely danced before the king, by Archer -- A mother of Queens From "Old Romance" -- The story of Grizel Cochrand -- A wife's stratagem, by Hardy -- The king's tragedy, by Miles -- The stranger, by Bell -- Love will find a way, by Nithsdale. | Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry), 1848-1929 [Editor] | Children's stories; Girls -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction | 2008-07-02 |
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 |