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By: Walt Whitman (1819-1892) | |
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The Wound Dresser
The Wound Dresser is a series of letters written from the hospitals in Washington by Walt Whitman during the War of the Rebellion to The New York Times, the Brooklyn Eagle and his mother, edited by Richard Maurice Burke, M.D., one of Whitman's literary executors. |
By: Walt [Illustrator] Louderback | |
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The Boy Scouts Book of Stories |
By: Walter Crane (1845-1915) | |
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The Frog Prince and Other Stories
The three charming stories contained in The Frog Prince and Other Tales include a less-known fairy-tale called Princess Belle-Etoile besides the title story and Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp. Published in 1874, the tales are re-told by the famous illustrator Walter Crane, who has also provided some of the most lovely illustrations in the book. The book makes an ideal gift and both parents and children will certainly enjoy it. It's perfect for bedtime story-reading sessions and kids would love gazing at the beautiful Greek-style illustrations that are scattered throughout the book... | |
By: Walter J. Sheldon (1917-) | |
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Houlihan's Equation | |
Two Plus Two Makes Crazy | |
This is Klon Calling |
By: Walter M. Miller (1923-1996) | |
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Death of a Spaceman | |
The Hoofer |
By: Walter Pater (1839-1894) | |
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Imaginary Portraits | |
Imaginary Portraits |
By: Walter S. Tevis (1928-1984) | |
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The Big Bounce |
By: Washington Irving (1783-1859) | |
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
Apart from "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - the pieces which made both Irving and The Sketch Book famous - other tales include "Roscoe", "The Broken Heart", "The Art of Book-making", "A Royal Poet", "The Spectre Bridegroom", "Westminster Abbey", "Little Britain", and "John Bull". His stories were highly influenced by German folktales, with "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" being inspired by a folktale recorded by Karl Musaus. Stories range from the maudlin (such as "The Wife" and... | |
The Short-story |
By: Wesley Barefoot | |
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The Cuckoo Clock |
By: Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1865-1940) | |
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Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers |
By: Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827) | |
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Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace | |
The Severed Hand From "German Tales" Published by the American Publishers' Corporation |
By: Will Lillibridge (1878-1909) | |
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Arcadia in Avernus
Unhappy wife leaves marriage of convenience for another man, the couple running away to the Dakota prairie to set up housekeeping. All seems romantically well... until the ex shows up. Surprisingly modern (if a little theatrical) novella from the early 1900's. From the posthumous collection of Lillibridge short stories, A Breath of Prairie, 1911. |
By: Will Mohler | |
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In the Control Tower |
By: Willa Sibert Cather (1873-1947) | |
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The Troll Garden and Selected Stories | |
Collection Of Stories, Reviews And Essays
Stories and essays by Willa Cather |
By: William C. Scully (1855-1943) | |
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Stories by English Authors: Africa |
By: William Carroll | |
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Solomon's Orbit |
By: William Dean Howells | |
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Christmas Every Day and Other Stories Told for Children
Five short delightful stories for children, told in the voice of "the papa" to "the girl" and "the boy." William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novel The Rise of Silas Lapham. (Reader’s Note for story 3: A pony engine is a small locomotive for switching cars from one track to another.) | |
Literature and Life (Complete) | |
Shapes that Haunt the Dusk | |
Quaint Courtships | |
Buying a Horse | |
The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse | |
A Pair of Patient Lovers | |
Standard Household-Effect Company, the (from Literature and Life) | |
Staccato Notes of a Vanished Summer (from Literature and Life) |