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By: Amy Ella Blanchard (1856-1926) | |
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A Sweet Little Maid
Dimple, the nine-year-old little girl is accustomed to being always the first. She has Bubbles, a little coloured girl as playmate and servant. One day Dimple’s cousin, Florence comes to visit her and they have a wonderful time together. But then come the rainy days and the two children easily get bored in the house… and that’s how the adventures and troubles begin. | |
A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays | |
A Dear Little Girl at School | |
Three Little Cousins |
By: Edwin F. Benson (1867-1940) | |
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Michael |
By: Arthur B. Reeve (1880-1936) | |
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Poisoned Pen
The many adventures of Professor Craig Kennedy were chronicled by Arthur B. Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936). Reeve was an American mystery writer who created 82 Craig Kennedy mystery stories. The stories have a very Sherlock Holmes type feel, In fact Kennedy has been referred to as the "American Sherlock Holmes". Along with his reporter friend, Walter Jameson, Kennedy solves many crimes and unveils mysteries using science. This book contains twelve of Professor Kennedy's adventures. The interesting thing about these stories is Kennedy uses newly discovered science from his time period, which we take for granted today... |
By: James Brendan Connolly (1868-1957) | |
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The Trawler
The Trawler is a short story revolving around the trying life of a group of bank fishermen based in Gloucester. Skipper Hugh Glynn worked his men hard; some said too hard, and Arthur Snow was one who had paid the ultimate price.Arthur's close friend Simon Kippen decided he'd ask to take the place of his fallen friend aboard Hugh Glynn's vessel as a dory mate, and from there we have a tale of the open seas between Gloucester and Newfoundland where perhaps only the names and locations have changed from the countless stories of similar nature; the key being that this one, however, is first hand. |
By: Joseph Martin Kronheim (1810-1896) | |
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My First Picture Book With Thirty-six Pages of Pictures Printed in Colours by Kronheim |
By: Daniel G. Brinton (1837-1899) | |
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The Myths of the New World
The Myths of the New World's full title describes it as.. " a treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America", an attempt to analyse and correlate scientifically, the mythology of the American Indians. Note: Brinton advocated theories of scientific racism that were pervasive at that time. |
By: William E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) | |
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The Quest of the Silver Fleece
The Quest of the Silver Fleece is a story of romance, race economics and politics set around the 1900s. Here, a traditionally educated boy and an unschooled “swamp girl” each begin a journey toward love, ambition and redemption in the “Old South.” |
By: Captain Charles de Créspigny | |
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Where the Path Breaks
The soldier awakened from the brink of death eight months after his injury on the battlefield. As he slowly regained his senses and his memory, the face of a girl creeps into his mind, and he soon recalls that this girl had married him out of pity on the day he went into battle. The wedding had been a true "war wedding".".Inspired by the face and the vague recollections which were taking shape, and after learning that his day-bride had since remarried (believing her day-husband killed in action), the battle-scarred soldier decides to re-invent himself, take on a new name, and seek a new life... |
By: Alice Muriel Williamson (1869-1933) | |
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The Princess Passes | |
The Lightning Conductor Discovers America | |
The Guests Of Hercules | |
Lady Betty Across the Water | |
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon | |
The Powers and Maxine |
By: Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) | |
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Deerbrook
Like the later and more famous novel Middlemarch, Deerbrook describes the life of country people in a fictional English town. The Grey family live in one of the loveliest houses in Deerbrook, but a change in their lives is going to take place... The Ibbotson sisters, Hester and Margaret, orphaned distant cousins of Mr. Grey. Like in Jane Austen's novels, we see how the sisters are trying to advance themselves. In Victorian England, the chief way for women to "advance themselves" is to marry well. But will they succeed? And if they succeed, will they be happy? |
By: Louis Becke (1855-1913) | |
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Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 | |
The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 |
By: Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) | |
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The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance |
By: Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) | |
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The Billow and the Rock |
By: Louis Becke (1855-1913) | |
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The Trader's Wife 1901 |
By: Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) | |
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The Crofton Boys |
By: Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) | |
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The Peasant and the Prince |
By: Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) | |
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Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" | |
Principle and Practice The Orphan Family | |
The Settlers at Home |
By: Louis Becke (1855-1913) | |
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The Flemmings And "Flash Harry" Of Savait From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 |
By: Adalbert Stifter (1805-1868) | |
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Rock Crystal
On Christmas Eve, two children, a brother and sister, leave their grandmother's house in an Alpine village and get lost in the mountain snow. They become trapped among the rock crystals of the frozen glacier. This short and gripping novel, by 19th century Austrian master Adalbert Stifter, influenced Thomas Mann and others with its suspenseful, simple, myth-like story and majestic depictions of nature. Poet W.H. Auden called the work "a quiet and beautiful parable about the relation of people to places, of man to nature."(Introduction by Greg W.) |
By: Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) | |
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Laugh and Live
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Baghdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro. His book, Laugh and Live, is a book about positive virtues and advice for leading a good, healthy, and successful life. An advisory about this book is in order. Published in 1917, it was written at a time when “men went to work, women kept house, and supported their man”... |
By: Katharine Newlin Burt (1882-1977) | |
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Snow-Blind
A bit of a menage-a-quatre in a remote cabin in the wilderness as fugitive Hugh, his younger brother Pete, nursemaid and cook Bella, and now the newly arrived snow-blinded young Sylvie who had been snatched from near death in the snow by the heroic but moody Hugh. Because of her blindness, Sylvie is led to believe her rescuer to be a handsome and dashing hero; his younger brother to be but a young lad of 14; and Bella a matronly old maid. But Sylvie would, in time, form her own image of the clan and attempt to bring them together as they were destined to be split apart... | |
The Branding Iron
From the cold and mountainous regions of Wyoming to the bright lights of the big city, The Branding Iron is the story of a remarkable woman, Joan Carver. Born of poor means, at a fairly young age Joan decides to leave her father and strike out on her own, but she is to face more difficulties and hardships than she had reckoned for, and the men she encounters on her way share different means of dealing with her; and she of them. She becomes her own individual, with a strong will and a determination to lead her life as she sees fit. As with many of Ms. Burt's stories, The Branding Iron is filled with unexpected surprises at each turn. |
By: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832-1910) | |
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Happy Boy
"A Happy Boy" was written in 1859 and 1860. It is, in my estimation, Bjørnson's best story of peasant life. In it the author has succeeded in drawing the characters with remarkable distinctness, while his profound psychological insight, his perfectly artless simplicity of style, and his thorough sympathy with the hero and his surroundings are nowhere more apparent. This view is sustained by the great popularity of "A Happy Boy" throughout Scandinavia. (From the Preface) Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1903. | |
The Bridal March; One Day | |
Captain Mansana & Mother's Hands |
By: Vaughan Kester (1869-1911) | |
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The Just And The Unjust
Framed for a murder he did not commit, John North must rely on his friends to help clear him of the charge. But, are they really his friends? Many have dirty little secrets they wish to keep private, even at the expense of John North’s life. Ironically, those keeping quiet include members of the legal profession. Only one drunken man knows the true identity of the killer but he has mysteriously disappeared. Deceit and betrayal flourish in this story, with a tense conclusion. (Introduction by Tom Weiss) |
By: Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) | |
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Industrial Conspiracies |
By: M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis (1775-1818) | |
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The Monk; a romance |
By: Richard D. Blackmore (1825-1900) | |
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Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor | |
Slain By The Doones | |
Frida, or, The Lover's Leap, A Legend Of The West Country | |
Crocker's Hole From "Slain By The Doones" |
By: Hans Aanrud (1863-1953) | |
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Lisbeth Longfrock or Sidsel Sidsærkin
Lisbeth Longfrock - (Sidsel Sidsærkin in its original Norwegian) was seen by the author as a book written for adults, telling the story of a young girl growing up in a farming district in a steep-sided Norwegian Valley. It was first written when the author's daughter was 8 years old, the age of Lisbeth when the book begins, so she would know about his childhood spent in similar surroundings, living on a farm and spending summer in charge of the cows and goats on the mountain pastures. |
By: F. Marion Crawford (1854-1909) | |
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The Upper Berth |
By: Timothy S. Arthur (1809-1885) | |
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Words for the Wise |
By: F. Marion Crawford (1854-1909) | |
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Marzio's Crucifix, and Zoroaster | |
A Cigarette-Maker's Romance |
By: Timothy S. Arthur (1809-1885) | |
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After a Shadow and Other Stories | |
Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them | |
The Allen House |
By: F. Marion Crawford (1854-1909) | |
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Adam Johnstone's Son |