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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1896 Original Publisher: Roberts bros. Subjects: Fiction / Literary Fiction / Short Stories Fiction / Westerns Juvenile Fiction / General Juvenile Fiction / Action

Publisher: John Lane Company Publication date: 1917 Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Fiction / Men's Adventure Fiction / War

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

Mrs. Oliphant was a 19th century Scottish novelist, biographer and historian. She is best known for her depiction of small town life. After the death of her husband she began writing over 100 books as a means of supporting her children and those of her brother. In Old Lady Mary the ghost of Mary tries to give all of her worldly possessions to her young ward. The Mary's ghost must deal with the limitations of being a woman even though she is a ...

Charles W. Chesnutt was an early pioneer is writing about African American folklore and racial identity. He wrote about lynchings, segregation and the hypocrisy of American values in post Civil War South. The Wife of his Youth is a collection of nine stories in which Chesnutt tells the African-American's search for identity in the tumultuous period from Reconstruction to the turn of the century. His themes are the tensions of inter and intra r...

The School Book of Forestry was first published in 1922. Pack begins by saying, "Our forests, with their billions of trees, are the backbone of agriculture, the skeleton of lumbering, and the heart of industry. Even now, in spite of their depletion, they are the cream of our natural resources. They furnish wood for the nation, pasture for thousands of cattle and sheep, and water supply for countless cities and farms. They are the dominions of ...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) was an American author and poet. She is known for writing Poems of Passion. Her most remembered poem was "Solitude", which contains the lines: "Laugh, and the world laughs with you, Weep, and you weep alone". Three Women is the story of a wealthy young man named Maurice Somerville. He visits Roger, a college friend. Maurice meets and falls in love with Roger's sister's friend Mabel. Both men are in love with the...

Henrik Ibsen, considered to be the father of modern drama, was a Norwegian playwright. He is responsible for "realistic drama". During the Victorian era Ibsen's writings were considered scandalous. The Pillars of Society (original Norwegian title: Samfundets støtter) is an 1877 play. From Wikipedia "Karsten Bernick is the dominant businessman in a small coastal town in Norway, with interests in shipping and shipbuilding in a long-established f...

On the Trail of Grant and Lee is an examination of the lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. Frederick Hill wrote this book in order to give both men an equal place in history. He hoped that the joint biography would help to heel the gulf between the North and the South. Hill says "Both were Americans, and widely as they differed in opinions, tastes and sympathies, each exhibited qualities of mind and character which should appeal to al...

Well, what do you think of it, Mark? asked Jack Darrow, as he laid aside a portion of a newspaper, covered with strange printed characters. "Great, isn't it?" "You don't mean to tell me that you believe that preposterous story, do you, Jack?" And Mark Sampson looked across the table at his companion in some astonishment.

Lewis Carroll is known for his delightful children's tales. He is perhaps best known for his classics, Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass. Carroll's fantasy style and use of word play has delighted children and readers of all ages and has influenced many artists. In Sylvie and Bruno two little children meet adventure in such places as Dogland, Outland, and Elfland. The Table of Contents includes Less bread! more taxes! -- ...

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1871 Original Publisher: Lee and Shepard Description: The Brethren of the Order of the White Cross, a boy's club, reunite and embark on a perilous adventure. Subjects: Children's stories, Canadian Voyages and travels Adventure and adventurers Boarding school students Survival skills Ship captains Shipwrecks Navigation Christian life Children Conduct of life Grand Pr (N.S.) Fiction...

Rees Howell Gronow (1794-1865) was a Welsh Grenadier Guards officer, an unsuccessful parliamentarian, and a writer of celebrated reminiscences. In 1813 he took part in the principal military operations in Spain. On 18 June 1823 he was broke and after some confinement was discharged from Debtors' Prison. He ran for Parliament several times but never won. He is mainly remembered for his four volumes of reminiscences. Reminiscences of Captain Gro...

Wayland Fuller Dunaway was a writer and minister. He was Captain of Co. I, 40th Va. Regt Army of Northern Virginia and spent time in a Union prison during the Civil War. This narrative covers the time he spent with his soldiers and also gives historical accounts of the war. An excerpt reads, "While I believed in the right of secession I deprecated the exercise of that right, because I loved the Union and the flag under which my ancestors had e...

Public Speaking: Principles and Practice begins, "This book is designed to set forth the main principles of effective platform delivery, and to provide a large body of material for student practice. The work laid out may be used to form a separate course of study, or a course of training running parallel with a course in debating or other original speaking. It has been prepared with a view also to that large number who want to speak, or have t...

Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914) was a short story writer, an editorialist, a satirist and a journalist. He is best known for his Devil's Dictionary. His sardonic view of human nature and his tough stance as a critic earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce". Despite his reputation Bierce always encouraged young writers. Bierce went to Mexico to get a first hand view of the revolution. He disappeared without a trace. Stories in this collection inclu...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) was an American author and poet. She is known for writing Poems of Passion. Her most remembered poem was "Solitude", which contains the lines: "Laugh, and the world laughs with you, Weep, and you weep alone". A note in the front of the book reads, "The final word in the title of this volume refers to the DIVINE POWER in every human being, the recognition of which is the secret to all success and happiness. It is...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

Israel Abrahams (1858-1925) was a leading British Jewish scholar. In 1902 Abrahams came to the United States to teach at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Chapters on Jewish Literature contains 25 short chapters on Jewish literature, opening with the fall of Jerusalem in 70 and ending with the death of Moses Mendelssohn in 1786.