title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Fix Bay'nets
The Regiment in the Hills | Fenn, George Manville, 1831-1909 | en | | | Groome, William H. C. [Illustrator] | Great Britain. Army -- Colonial forces -- India -- Juvenile fiction; India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Juvenile fiction; Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; Historical fiction; Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction | 2009-01-27 |
Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects
Everyman's Library | Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903 | en | | Education: intellectual, moral, and physical: What knowledge is of most worth? Intellectual education. Moral education. Physical education -- Essays on kindred subjects: Progress: its law and cause. On manners and fashion. On the genesis of science. On the physiology of laughter. On the origin and function of music. | Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926 [Commentator] | | 2005-08-11 |
The Sandman: His Sea Stories | Hopkins, William John, 1863-1926 | en | | The September-gale story -- The fire story -- The porpoise story -- The seaweed story -- The flying-fish story -- The log-book story -- The shark story -- The Christmas story -- The sounding story -- The teak-wood story -- The stowaway story -- The albatross story -- The derelict story -- The lighthouse story -- The runaway story -- The Trafalgar story -- The cargo story -- The privateer story -- The race story -- The pilot story -- The driftwood story. | Horne, Diantha W. [Illustrator] | Sea stories; Ships -- Juvenile fiction | 2009-05-10 |
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers | Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 | en | | Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Osbourne -- Josiah and Sarah Wedgwood -- William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft -- Dante and Beatrice -- John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor -- Parnell and Kitty O'Shea -- Petrarch and Laura -- Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall -- Balzac and Madame Hanska -- Fenelon and Madam Guyon -- Ferdinand Lassalie and Helene von Donniges -- Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton. | | | 2007-11-12 |
Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race | Ebbutt, M. I. (Maud Isabel), 1867- | en | | Beowulf -- The dream of Maxem Wledig -- The story of Constantine and Elene -- The compassion of Constantine -- Havelock the Dane -- Howard the Halt -- Roland, the hero of early France -- The Countess Cathleen -- Cuchulain, the champion of Ireland -- The tale of Gamelyn -- William of Cloudeslee -- Black Colin of Loch Awe -- The marriage of Sir Gawayne -- King Horn -- Robin Hood -- Hereward the Wake. | | Romances, English; Heroes | 2008-05-17 |
The Voyage of the "Steadfast"
The Young Missionaries in the Pacific | Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 | en | | | | Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; Castaways -- Juvenile fiction; Christian life -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Missionaries -- Juvenile fiction; Sailing -- Juvenile fiction; Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Juvenile fiction; Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-10-17 |
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 |
Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine | Freeman, Edward Augustus, 1823-1892 | en | | | Hutton, William Holden, 1860-1930 [Commentator] | Normandy (France) -- Description and travel; Maine (France) -- Description and travel; Architecture -- France -- Normandy; Architecture -- France -- Maine | 2008-03-13 |
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses
With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases | Withering, William, 1741-1799 | en | | | | Purple foxglove; Medicine -- Case studies -- Early works to 1800; Digitalis (Drug) -- Case studies -- Early works to 1800; Edema -- Case studies -- Early works to 1800; Materia medica | 2008-03-21 |
A Small Boy and Others | James, Henry, 1843-1916 | en | | | | James, Henry, 1843-1916; James, William, 1842-1910 | 2008-07-24 |
Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect | Barnes, William, 1801-1886 | en | | | | English language -- Dialects -- England -- Dorset -- Texts; Dialect poetry, English -- England -- Dorset; Country life -- Poetry; Dorset (England) -- Languages -- Dictionaries; Dorset (England) -- Poetry | 2007-06-09 |
Adventures in Africa
By an African Trader | Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 | en | | | | South Africa -- Juvenile fiction; Animals -- South Africa -- Juvenile fiction; Hunting -- South Africa -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-11-21 |
Suspended Judgments
Essays on Books and Sensations | Powys, John Cowper, 1872-1963 | en | | The art of discrimination -- Montaigne -- Pascal -- Voltaire -- Rousseau -- Balzac -- Victor Hugo -- Guy de Maupassant -- Anatole France -- Paul Verlaine -- Remy de Gourmont -- William Blake -- Byron -- Emily Brontë -- Joseph Conrad -- Henry James -- Oscar Wilde -- Suspended judgment. | | French literature -- History and criticism; English literature -- History and criticism | 2008-11-05 |
Adventures in the Far West | Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 | en | | | | Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction; Outdoor life -- Juvenile fiction; Natural history -- Juvenile fiction; Animals -- Juvenile fiction; Friendship -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-06-19 |
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09
Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig | | en | | The Life of Friedrich Hebbel. By William Guild Howard -- Hebbel: Maria Magdalena. -- Siegfried's Death. -- Anna. -- On Theodor Körner and Heinrich von Kleist. -- Ludolf Wienbarg's The Dramatists of the Present Day. -- Review of Heinrich von Kleist's Play, The Prince of Homburg, or The Battle of Fehrbellin. -- Recollections of My Childhood. (Extracts from the Journal of Friedrich Hebbel) -- The Life of Otto Ludwig. By Alexander R. Hohlfeld -- Ludwig: The Hereditary Forester. -- Between Heaven and Earth. | | | 2004-07-26 |
The Pirate Slaver
A Story of the West African Coast | Collingwood, Harry, 1851-1922 | en | | | Overend, William Heysham, 1851-1898 [Illustrator] | Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Pirates -- Juvenile fiction; Sailors -- Juvenile fiction; Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction; Slaves -- Juvenile fiction; Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction; Africa, West -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-11-15 |
The Crystal Hunters
A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps | Fenn, George Manville, 1831-1909 | en | | | Burton, Frederic William, 1816-1900 [Illustrator] | Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction; Gold mines and mining -- Juvenile fiction; Natural history -- Juvenile fiction; Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction | 2008-02-04 |
The Story of Nelson
also "The Grateful Indian", "The Boatswain's Son" | Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 | en | Lord Hood was commander-in-chief. The object of the attack was to co-operate with the patriot Corsicans, who, under their well-known gallant general Paoli, desired to liberate themselves from the yoke of France, then ruled by the tyrannical and cruel conv | | | Children's stories; Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction; Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805 -- Juvenile fiction; Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction; Ship captains -- Juvenile fiction | 2007-11-16 |
Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems | Moorman, Frederic William, 1872-1919 | en | | | | English literature -- England -- Yorkshire; English language -- Dialects -- England -- Yorkshire; English poetry -- England -- Yorkshire; Dialect poetry, English -- England -- Yorkshire; Yorkshire (England) -- Poetry; Yorkshire (England) -- Languages -- History -- Sources | 2001-10-01 |
The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors | | en | | The father / William Dean Howells -- The old-maid aunt / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- The grandmother / Mary Heaton Vorse -- The daughter-in-law / Mary Stewert Cutting -- The school-girl / Elizabeth Jordan -- The son-in-law / John Kendrick Bangs -- The married son / Henry James -- The married daughter / Elizabeth Stuart Phelps -- The mother / Edith Wyatt -- The school-boy / Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews -- Peggy / Alice Brown -- The friend of the family / Henry Van Dyke. | | | 2004-02-01 |
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I.
To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean.
Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. | | en | | | Allen, Paul [Editor] | Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 -- Travel -- West (U.S.); Clark, William, 1770-1838 -- Travel -- West (U.S.); Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806); West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Missouri River -- Description and travel; Columbia River -- Description and travel; West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848 | 2005-08-20 |
Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry | Davis, Thomas Osborne, 1814-1845 | en | | The Irish Parliament of James II. -- Literary and Historical Essays. -- Political Articles. -- Poetical Works. | Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William), 1857-1920 [Commentator] | Ireland -- Literary collections; Ireland -- History; Poetry; Essays; Ireland -- History -- James II, 1685-1688; Ireland -- Parliament -- History | 2007-04-24 |
Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time
Volume 1 | Guizot, M. (François), 1787-1874 | en | | | Cole, John William, -1870 [Translator] | France -- History -- Restoration, 1814-1830; France -- History -- Louis Philip, 1830-1848; France -- Politics and government -- 1814-1830; France -- Politics and government -- 1830-1848; Europe -- Politics and government -- 1815-1848 | 2009-02-24 |
Posthumous Works
of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman | Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 | en | | | Godwin, William, 1756-1836 [Editor] | Women's rights -- Early works to 1800; Women -- Social and moral questions -- Early works to 1800; Authors, English -- 18th century -- Correspondence; Feminists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence; Feminism -- Literary collections; Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 -- Correspondence | 2007-10-29 |
Many Cargoes | Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943 | en | | A change of treatment -- A love passage -- The captain's exploit -- Contraband of war -- A black affair -- The skipper of the "Osprey" -- In borrowed plumes -- The boatswain's watch -- Low water -- In mid-Atlantic -- After the inquest -- In Limehouse Reach -- An elaborate elopement -- The cook of the "Gannet" -- A benefit performance -- A case of desertion -- Outsailed -- Mated -- The rival beauties -- Mrs. Bunker's chaperon -- A harbour of refuge. | | England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Humorous stories, English; River life -- Fiction | 2004-05-01 |